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Bear Found Guilty in Macedonia Court of Stealing Beekeeper's Honey (http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,337949,00.html)



A bear has been found guilty by a court of stealing honey from a beekeeper.

The animal was convicted of theft by the court in Bitola, in Macedonia, following a year-long case.


However, he was excused from attending court.


The case came after a beekeeper reported the bear for stealing his honey.
He told the court he had to protect his hives by playing thumping folk music.


Beekeeper Zoran Kiseloski told the court: "I tried to distract the bear with lights and music because I heard bears are afraid of that."


He said he bought a generator, lit up the area and played songs by the Serbian turbo-folk star Ceca.


The court heard the bear stayed away for a few weeks but returned when the generator ran out of power and the music stopped.


"It attacked the beehives again," Kiseloski said.


The court found the bear guilty, but since it had no owner and is a protected species it ordered the state to pay for the 140,000 denars (USD $3,545) damage it caused to the hives.


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There is no information on the bear's whereabouts.


I read this in my local paper. That's too much!

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If you were going to try to cash a forged $360 billion check in your local bank, what would you take with you:

a.) A handgun, or
b.) marijuana.

Trick question! The correct answer is, c.) All of the above:

Man arrested in Texas for trying to cash $360 billion check (http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080502/ap_on_fe_st/odd_check_for_billions)



Charles Ray Fuller must have been planning one big record company. The 21-year-old North Texas man was arrested last week for trying to cash a $360 billion check, saying he wanted to start a record business. Tellers at the Fort Worth bank were immediately suspicious — perhaps the 10 zeros on a personal check tipped them off.
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In addition to the forgery count, Fuller was charged with unlawfully carrying a weapon and possessing marijuana. Officers reported finding less than two ounces of marijuana and a .25-caliber handgun and magazine in his pockets.It should be possible to charge someone like this with felony stupidity and give him the chair.

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Zimbabwe introduces 100-billion-dollar note (http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080719/bs_afp/zimbabweeconomyinflation_080719174524)


Zimbabwe, grappling with a record 2.2 million percent inflation, has introduced a new 100-billion-dollar bank note in a bid to tackle rampant cash shortages, the central bank said Saturday.The caption on the picture was: A Zimbabwean man holds on May 16, 2008 a new five hundred million dollar note in Harare, May 2008. Zimbabwe, grappling with a record 2.2 million percent inflation, has introduced a new 100-billion-dollar bank note in a bid to tackle rampant cash shortages.