News Links for the Week:

Woman accused of stealing motorized Publix shopping cart to drive herself to appointment: https://wsvn.com/news/local/florida/woman-accused-of-stealing-motorized-publix-shopping-cart-to-drive-herself-to-appointment/
California police pull over a self-driving Waymo for an illegal U-turn, but they can't ticket: https://ca.finance.yahoo.com/news/california-police-pull-over-self-195433998.html
Staffer arrested, causes $55K of damage with fart spray at U.S. high school: https://globalnews.ca/news/11448931/fart-spray-high-school-south-carolina/
Mortal Kombat Tournament Won By Woman Holding Newborn Baby: https://www.thegamer.com/mortal-kombat-xl-tournament-won-by-woman-with-baby-five-day-old/
A San Francisco woman charges an eye-popping $30K to help ‘desperate’ parents name their babies: https://nypost.com/2025/09/29/lifestyle/baby-name-consultant-taylor-humphrey-charges-30k-to-help-new-parents-choose/

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News Stories for the Week:

• George Zinn, elderly rabble-rouser who falsely claimed he shot Charlie Kirk, is hit with child porn charges: https://nypost.com/2025/09/16/us-news/george-zinn-old-man-who-falsely-claimed-he-shot-charlie-kirk-arrested-on-child-porn-charges/

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• Vegan firefighter’s first blaze involves 40,000 pounds of ribeye steaks: https://tribune.net.ph/2025/08/21/vegan-firefighters-first-blaze-involves-40000-pounds-of-ribeye-steaks
• The new dating term 'Shrekking' sounds innocent. It's not what you think: https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/health-wellness/2025/08/21/shrekking-dating-term-relationships-explained/85753076007/
• Japanese city proposes two-hour daily limit for smartphone use: https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/08/22/japan/society/japan-city-proposes-two-hour-daily-smartphone-limit/
• Drunk woman who sexually assaulted man at upscale restaurant as he celebrated getting a cancer all-clear with his wife is spared jail: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-15038615/Drunk-woman-sexually-assaulted-diner-riverside-restaurant.html
• Greatest of All Time police chase? Goat caught in Ky. town: https://www.wkyt.com/2025/08/22/greatest-all-time-police-chase-goat-caught-ky-town/
• Trans woman who concealed gender before performing sex act on man is found guilty of sexual assault: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-15024745/Trans-woman-concealed-male-genitalia-performing-sex-act-man-guilty-sexual-assault.html

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News Links for the Week:

• FDA warns public not to eat possibly radioactive shrimp sold at Walmart: https://abcnews.go.com/US/fda-warns-public-eat-possibly-radioactive-shrimp-sold/story?id=124780934
• 'Tradwife', 'delulu' and 'skibidi' among new words added to Cambridge Dictionary: https://news.sky.com/story/tradwife-delulu-and-skibidi-among-new-words-added-to-cambridge-dictionary-13412150

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News Links for the Week:

• Elmo Hacked – Calls Trump ‘CHILD F*****’ in Profane Epstein Posts: ‘RELEASE THE FILES!’: https://www.mediaite.com/media/news/elmo-hacked-calls-trump-child-f-in-profane-epstein-posts-release-the-files/
• Baby girl grows 'micropenis' from lying on dad’s bare chest as doctor shares warning: https://www.dailystar.co.uk/news/world-news/baby-girl-grows-micropenis-lying-35545627
• Metallica Force Pentagon to Pull Video Touting Drone Program Over Unauthorized Use of “Enter Sandman”: https://consequence.net/2025/07/metallica-pentagon-drone-video/
• 'We're bringing back avian dinosaurs': De-extinction company claims it will resurrect the giant moa in next 10 years: https://www.livescience.com/animals/extinct-species/were-bringing-back-avian-dinosaurs-de-extinction-company-claims-it-will-resurrect-the-giant-moa-in-next-10-years
• Billy McFarland Sells Fyre Fest for $245,300 on eBay: https://consequence.net/2025/07/billy-mcfarland-sells-fyre-fest-ebay/
• ZooWorld break-in suspect held on bond in the Bay County Jail: https://www.mypanhandle.com/news/local-news/bay-county/zooworld-break-in-suspect-held-on-bond-in-the-bay-county-jail/

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News Links for the Week:

• Trump says he plans to host UFC fight at the White House: https://www.cnn.com/2025/07/03/politics/trump-ufc-fight-white-house
• Business owner used 1.8 million credit card points to handle tariff costs: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/china-tariffs-american-express-points/
• Chinese Inventor Builds Motorized Bed on Wheels so He Never Has to Leave It: https://www.utubepublisher.in/2025/07/man-invents-motorized-bed-on-wheels-china.html
• JINKIES! Duncanville Burglary Suspect Clad In Scooby-Doo Costume: https://patch.com/alabama/tuscaloosa/jinkies-duncanville-burglary-suspect-clad-scooby-doo-costume
• Chuck E. Cheese is opening arcades for adults: https://www.cnn.com/2025/07/02/business/chuck-e-cheese-adults-arcade-spinoff
• Woman incriminates herself in reply to post insulting thief: https://www.wafb.com/2025/07/03/woman-incriminates-herself-reply-post-insulting-thief-this-woman-called-me-trash/

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News Links for the Week:

• New ChatGPT model refuses to shut down when instructed: https://www.the-independent.com/tech/ai-safety-new-chatgpt-o3-openai-b2757814.html
• Ex-flight attendant caught smuggling 100 lbs. of deadly new drug made of human bones faces decades in prison: https://nypost.com/2025/05/25/world-news/ex-flight-attendant-caught-smuggling-drug-made-of-human-bones/
• After winning a $5M lottery, this Winnipeg man says his ex-girlfriend ‘ghosted him’: https://www.ctvnews.ca/winnipeg/article/winnipeg-man-sues-ex-claims-she-ghosted-him-after-winning-5m-lottery/
• Flight passenger brings whole rotisserie chicken as carry-on, calling it her 'designer bag': https://www.foxnews.com/food-drink/flight-passenger-brings-rotisserie-chicken-carry-on-calling-designer-bag
• Japan cracks down on "flashy" baby names in new naming law reform: https://slguardian.org/japan-cracks-down-on-flashy-baby-names-in-new-naming-law-reform/
• Japan Has Created the First Artificial Womb: https://www.michelegargiulo.com/blog/japan-artificial-womb-embryos-outside-body

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News Links for the Week:

• Florida man arrested for having 3 wives in 3 different counties: https://www.abcactionnews.com/news/local-news/i-team-investigates/florida-man-arrested-for-having-3-wives-in-3-different-counties
• Kentucky man who won $167.3M on Powerball arrested, accused of kicking Florida officer: https://www.wlky.com/article/kentucky-man-won-powerball-arrested-kicking-florida-officer/64648983
• He let snakes bite him some 200 times to create a better snakebite antivenom: https://www.npr.org/sections/goats-and-soda/2025/05/02/nx-s1-5381017/snake-bite-venom-antivenom-tim-friede-universal
• Tourist mistakes real crocodile for statue; gets mauled while taking selfie: https://indianexpress.com/article/trending/trending-globally/tourist-mistake-real-crocodile-for-statue-mauled-while-taking-selfie-viral-9980255/
• Kentucky boy uses mother’s phone to order 70K Dum-Dum suckers to share with his friends: https://apnews.com/article/lollipop-delivery-kentucky-home-71775d424d9f9f3dcae49b1fbecdc216
• Alligator kills woman in Florida after tipping over her canoe: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/may/07/alligator-kills-woman-florida

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News Links for the Week:

• Vance says it’s ‘pretty crazy’ he met pope right before he died: https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5263090-vice-president-vance-pope-francis-meeting/
• NASA offers $3M for invention to recycle 96 bags of astronaut poop left on the moon: https://nypost.com/2025/04/09/us-news/nasa-offers-3m-to-recycle-96-bags-of-astronaut-feces-left-on-the-moon/
• What is the chicken jockey trend? Cincy theater adds security for 'Minecraft' audiences: https://www.cincinnati.com/story/entertainment/2025/04/14/chicken-jockey-trend-cincinnati-theater-adds-security-minecraft/83082523007/
• Hooters ditching bikini nights for over-60 crowd and families: https://www.foxnews.com/food-drink/hooters-ditching-bikini-nights-over-60-crowd-families

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News Links for the Week:

• A biotech company says it has bred three pups with traits of the extinct dire wolf: https://www.npr.org/2025/04/08/nx-s1-5355686/dire-wolf-extinct-colossal-biosciences

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