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Ronald the Troublemaker
Kids at a hospital in the United Kingdom will no longer get coupons for free burgers during their stays because some in that town think it's part of a conspiracy on the part of fast-food companies to make children fat, reports the Press Association.
Some parents of kids at the Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital said the practice contradicts government warnings about childhood obesity and fatty foods.
As a result of the complaints, none of the
hospitalized children will
be receiving the coupons or the balloons and toys that
McDonald's used
to bring to the ward as part of its charity efforts.
An Arkansas school teacher who gave her students a fish-shaped water gun is under fire from a parent who says she disapproves of weapons in her house, reports KPOM-TV in Ft. Smith, Ark.
The teacher at an elementary school in Rogers, Ark., gave her students the squirter following a lesson about animals in the rain forest. School officials say she feels horrible about the entire situation and didn't mean to offend anyone.
The parent who complained, Karen Young, doesn't
want fish-shaped toy
guns in her house because she accidentally shot an ex-boyfriend one
time when the gun she was beating him with went off.
LUSAKA (Reuters) - A 50-year-old Zambian man has hanged himself after his wife found him having sex with a hen, police said Friday.
The woman caught him in the act when she rushed into their house to investigate a noise.
"He attempted to kill her but she managed to escape," a police spokesman said.
The man from the town of Chongwe, about 50 km (30 miles) east of Lusaka, killed himself after being admonished by other villagers.
The hen was slaughtered after the incident.
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