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NO KID WOULD EAT THIS LUNCH
What is 7 feet long, weighs 30 pounds, has eight arms and fits in a box slightly larger than a milk crate? Truman the octopus. Truman squeezed into a clear, acrylic box while trying to snag his lunch at the New England Aquarium in Boston. (USA Today)
SIX TICKETS FOR NOT MOVING
Horns started honking as a sport-utility vehicle sat through six green lights at a south-central Pennsylvania intersection, police said. Officers arrived to investigate the SUV that seemed to be parked in the intersection, and found the driver asleep at the wheel, with his foot on the brake and a beer in the console. (MSNBC)
FIRST SOUP, NOW CASTS MADE OF COCAINE
Spanish authorities say a traveler arrived in Barcelona from Chile wearing a leg cast that was made out of cocaine. In all, the man tried to smuggle more than 10 pounds of the drug into the country, police say. (AOL News)
ON HIS BIRTHDAY, HEADED HOME
Councilman Marion Barry turned 73 today, and it's going to be tough to top the gift he got from Howard University Hospital: his freedom. On his way home, he was greeted with a surprise celebration. (NBC Washington)
