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“Patrol Car Hit by Flying Outhouse,” which appeared in the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel in October. Wisconsin state trooper Rich Vanko’s squad car was damaged when a truck carrying portable toilets lost one along Interstate 90. (He’d pulled over to help a stranded motorist and wasn’t in the vehicle.) And “Shatner Frozen Horse-Semen Suit Dismissed,” which ran in the Herald-Leader of Lexington, Kentucky, in July. William Shatner’s ex-wife claimed he’d violated their divorce settlement by denying her access to one of his breeding stallions (she’d wanted its semen “fresh cooled,” not frozen).
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Fear of Lawyers: In October the Dollywood amusement park in Pigeon Forge, Tennessee, announced that in January it would cease offering free passes for the blind, deaf, and wheelchair bound after receiving a complaint that the policy discriminates against people with other disabilities, who still have to pay. And in November the town of Mosgiel, New Zealand, decided to bar children from sitting on Santa’s knee this year because of the risk of future molestation complaints (instead they’ll sit next to him in “elf chairs”).
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