WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A U.S. congressman chased and caught a man who picked the lawmaker’s pocket on Thursday night in Washington’s tony Georgetown neighbourhood, a local television station reported.
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ATLANTA — An anti-drunk driving organization and a mother who lost a son to a drunk driver are livid after finding out a southwest Atlanta package store sells liquor and cups of ice through its drive-thru.

A store employee told Channel 2’s Tom Jones that it is an American right for people to buy liquor and a cup of ice to drink on their way home.
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CAIRO, Egypt – Customs officers at Cairo’s airport on Thursday detained a man bound for Saudi Arabia who was trying to smuggle 700 live snakes on a plane, airport authorities said.

The officers were stunned when a passenger, identified as Yahia Rahim Tulba, after being asked to open his carryon bag, told them it contained live snakes.
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A quick look at the lengths of children’s index and ring fingers can be used to predict how well students will perform on SATs, new research claims.
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CONIFER, Colo. — The teacher who oversaw the production of a high school yearbook that depicted drug and alcohol use issued an apology Monday, saying it was “completely inappropriate.”
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CAMDEN, Ark. – A man who was a little slow in picking up his fast food has been charged with drunk driving.

Police said they found Terrance Forte, 32, asleep behind the wheel in the drive-through lane at a McDonald’s restaurant.
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