Horsefly hell
FBI warning shots fired
IN times in which you’d hope everyone would get along, Americans have gone the other way.
Last month, the FBI conducted more than 3.9million background checks associated with the sale, transfer or permitting of firearms, making it the highest month on record.
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THE US postal service is not the quickest, but for one Florida resident this week they had the snappiest of deliveries.
Expecting a package, they opened the door to find an 8ft 9in alligator sitting on their step.
What made it more bizarre was the fact that gator was missing two limbs.
Still, it would be quicker than my mailman.
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AN Ohio couple say they were left horrified when they opened their ready-made pizza, left, to see pepperonis arranged in the shape of a reverse Nazi swastika. “Things like this are keeping hate alive in this world,” customer Jason Laska said.
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IT’S not just teenagers and self-obsessed “influencers” who chase the perfect picture.
A 72-year-old woman attempted to pose with a bison in Yellowstone National Park, which is spread across Wyoming, Montana and Idaho, hoping for a spectacular shot.
But the beast was none too gorging the woman multiple times.
“The series of events that led to the goring suggest the bison was threatened by being repeatedly approached,” said Yellowstone’s Senior Bison Biologist Chris Geremia.
The bison probably took umbrage pensioner’s lack of social distancing.
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NORTH of the border, a chain of Canadian department stores were left with empty tills.
When staff tried to scan in items, they came up as “Mr Potato Head” and could not be changed. No sales at the Canadian Tire Store were made as a result and customers had to leave empty-handed, according to witnesses.
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WISCONSIN’S Joshua Hamre is in a jam after being charged with driving while intoxicated. The 22-yearold, right, came to cops’ attention only when he allegedly began throwing doughnuts at a police officer. impressed,
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MY barman Richard was back in the dog house, this time over his mother-in-law’s wishes to be cremated. Looking at her, he said: “You’ll finally reach perfection. Your body, at some point, will be perfectly cooked.”
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CAPRICE’S attempts to be noticed get increasingly wild as she steps out in a striking tiger-print suit.
The American model, 48, did not bother wearing anything else under the plunging jacket.
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But she wore a widebrimmed hat over her blonde locks as she left a business meeting in London.