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A judge in Israel rebuked welfare authorities over their treatment of a homeless man and gave him a 100 shekel bill out of his own pocket “so he’ll have something to eat”. The defendant was accused of stealing seven bottles of beer from a shop in Jersualem and attacking and threatening the sho

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A federal judge presiding at a citizenship swearing-in ceremony told US citizens that Donald Trump is "your president, and if you don't like that, you need to go to another country." Judge John Primono in San Antonio told KENS-TV his statement was not political and that he did not vote for President

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A man who nicked a company president's wallet during a job interview was tracked down using the address given on his CV. Shogo Takeda, 24, admitted stealing a wallet from the president of an elevator maintenance company in Japan earlier this month.

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A woman may have to pay hundreds of thousands of pounds after wrongly telling police and judges that her neighbour molested her pigs. Sharon Hamilton, 54, alleged that her neighbour, Anton Barkhuysen, 72, had done "unspeakable" things to her animals.

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Two American lawyers who crashed their car after drinking at a bar blamed the crash on a mysterious black man who offered to drive them home - but the police were quick to find he didn't exist. Heather Wilsey, 27, and Kenneth Lewis, 42, have been jailed and now face court sanctions on the initiative

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Police who pulled over a drunk driver found him spraying Lynx deodorant in his mouth when they reached his vehicle. Patrick David Butler, 45, was followed by police in South Carolina after they saw him jerk his vehicle to avoid hitting a curb, WBTV reports.

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A woman has filed a lawsuit against international clothes brand Zara after allegedly finding a dead mouse sewn into the hem of her dress. Cailey Fiesel, 24, has submitted photos to Manhattan Supreme Court showing the suspicious bulge in the hem of her brand new Zara dress - and "at least one of appe

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Police in Australia have announced the recovery of a loaded gun from a man's bottom. Queensland Police officers yesterday arrested a man linked to an outlaw biker gang called "The Rebels".

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An alleged burglar who police say claimed to be a lawyer standing in his own garden was arrested in Banbridge on Saturday morning. PSNI Banbridge used their Facebook page to share the story of a man who told cops: "I'm a lawyer. This is my house, I'm just clearing out my shed, and you may get out of

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A lawyer who was fired from a courthouse job after being accused of impersonating a judge has won a judicial election in Chicago. Rhonda Crawford, 45, was the only candidate named on the ballot for a Cook County judicial subcircuit, NBC Chicago reports.

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An Austrian man has won a court case over whether he can change his family name back to "Zebra". The man wanted to reclaim the surname his grandfather abandoned in the 1950s, but was blocked by a lower court which argued it was a non-Austrian invented name.

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Canada's official immigration and citizenship website crashed last night - just as the outcome of the US presidential election became clear. People who tried to access the website at around 11pm Eastern Time - shortly after Florida and Ohio were declared for Trump - found a message which read: "Ther

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Two dogs were "arrested" by gardaí after chasing a cyclist through Dublin on Saturday, the Irish Independent reports. The "noisy howlers" were barking at a bike when gardaí picked them up and locked them in a cell at Finglas Garda Station.

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A 51-year-old lawyer has revealed how he keeps his cardiologist happy by walking two miles an hour on a treadmill under his desk. Alexander John Wilbraham, who works in the Washington, D.C. office of Magic Circle firm Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, installed the $1,500 piece of equipment after suff

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A would-be bike thief was stopped in his tracks after he was caught – by a cowboy. Robert Borba was in a Walmart car park in Eagle Point, Orgeon when he heard a woman shout that a thief had taken her bike.

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