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News of the Weird Daily
Tuesday, March 24, 2009

© 2009 by Chuck Shepherd. All rights reserved.

Britain's Leeds College of Art and Design has apparently OK'd Alex Humphrey's degree study plan, which includes hunting for and finding a husband and submitting her marriage certificate for course credit. United Press International

In storage at just one of Arizona's three Customs and Border Protection warehouses for seized contraband: 13 tons of marijuana, 1,150 vehicles, and $500k in cash. Arizona Republic

Peter Enmon, 44, was arrested in Anchorage after driving into a cement pole while being chased by police for stealing computers from a shop. (Bonus: It was a repair shop; he had busted machines.) Anchorage Daily News

At a Texas legislative hearing on Medicaid and the Children's Health Insurance Program Thursday, Rep. Gary Elkins (a House member since 1995), sought clarity: "What's Medicaid? I know I hear it. . . . I really don't know what it is." (Bonus: Gary, it accounts for about one-fourth of Texas's budget, and at least close to that for every other state.) Austin America-Statesman

Your Daily Jury Duty
["In America, a person is presumed innocent until the mug shot is released"]
Well, this'll certainly challenge you: Ya think Robert Caldwell, 62, Kennesaw, Ga., shot his wife? WSB-TV (Atlanta)

Today's Newsrangers: Gil Nelson, Jodi Lipsitz, Emory Kimbrough

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