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Montana Lawmaker Says Yoga Pants Should be Illegal

A Montana legislative panel moved to kill an indecent exposure bill Wednesday after the lawmaker who introduced it said he thinks yoga pants should be illegal.

Members of the House Judiciary Committee voted unanimously to table House Bill 365, which Rep. David Moore introduced Tuesday.

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43-Foot Yacht Blocks Traffic in Snow-Clogged Downtown Boston

This was one hull of a traffic jam.

A large truck towing an even bigger boat broke down in downtown Boston, snarling traffic in the heart of the city's bustling Financial District.

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Unlucky Drug Dealer Throws Weed out of Window into Hands of Police

A drug dealer in France can count himself unlucky after he threw his cannabis stash out of his flat, only for it to fall straight into the hands of police stationed outside.

Hearing the dreaded tread of security forces up his stairs, the man tried to get rid of the tell-tale evidence by hurling three bags of the drug off his balcony, without knowing other officers were posted outside.

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75-Year-old Man Tackles Suspect, Threatens to Break his Arm

A 75-year-old man helped in the arrest of a shoplifting suspect at a Pennsylvania mall by tackling him and threatening to break his arm if he tried to escape.

Charlie Burton, of Fombell, says he was a vendor at the Washington Crown Center mall for a gun show when he saw an officer struggling with the suspect, 29-year-old Jonathan Fekete Jr.

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Physics of Food Shows Secrets of Popcorn

To most people, it may be just a fun food to munch while watching a movie.

But to a couple of French investigators, popcorn is a biomechanical enigma waiting to be explained.

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Cops Seeking Suspect Find Him after His Greyhound Bus Selfie

Police caught up to a man trying to flee assault charges because he posted a selfie on Facebook while sitting on a Greyhound bus out of town, a police chief said Tuesday.

"We like it when dumb criminals assist us in our investigation," Ambridge police Chief James Mann told the Beaver County Times, which first reported the arrest.

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Man Took $500 from Bank Drive-Thru Left by Another

Police say a Pennsylvania man hoping to pass a fraudulent check instead stole $500 when he found that much money left behind by another customer at a drive-thru bank window.

Twenty-eight-year-old Randy Gillen Jr. was in the Clearfield County Jail on Monday, awaiting a Feb. 11 preliminary hearing.

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Water Manager Faces Discipline for Urinating in Reservoir

A water manager is facing discipline after he was caught urinating in an empty reservoir that supplies drinking water for the San Francisco Bay Area.

San Francisco Public Utilities Commission spokesman Tyrone Jue said Monday that the agency confirmed anonymous complaints that maintenance planner Martin Sanchez had urinated in the 674-million-gallon reservoir in the Sierra Nevada foothills early last month.

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DIY Stores Ready for Kinky 'Fifty Shades' Customers

A British chain of DIY stores has told staff to prepare for customers looking for ropes, plastic cable ties and tape after seeing the erotic film  "Fifty Shades of Grey", British newspapers reported on Tuesday.

A leaked memo from B&Q stores entitled "Preparation for Fifty Shades of Grey Customer Queries" told its 20,000 plus workforce that copies of the sado-masochistic erotic novel would be delivered to the chain's 359 stores. 

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A Beginner's Guide to Speaking Climate

Outsiders who walk into a U.N. climate conference often experience a "beam-me-up-Scotty" moment. 

Like Star Trek's Captain Kirk, they find themselves in a alien world where the people speak Climate, a language as unsettling as Klingon... and nearly as impenetrable.

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