Oak Brook, IL – McDonald’s is asking customers for their picture to run along with the ‘I’m Lovin It’ campaign. Contestants are to submit a statement of what they love the most in 100 words or less and a digital mug shot at mcdglobalcasting.com.
Superior Township, MI – There is an $18,000 reward out for the capture of the person who is killing dogs. Two bulldogs, two rottweilers, a yellow lab, cocker spaniel, and a terrier of some sort have been among the many canines that have been found skinned, bound and some decapitated.
Bedford, NOVA SCOTIA – Students at the Mount Saint Vincent University approached the administration and requested that professors not be allowed to use any plagiarism detection tools. The students’ claim is that it is promoting a “culture of mistrust.”
New York, NY – A couple, ages 28 and 21, were found in a closed garage, inside a car that had been left running. The couple was in a sexual position and had been asphyxiated.
California – You can start your own police department if the local government gives a private company a transportation contract. The company can then hire cops who cannot make arrests, but can carry a gun and have access to the police databases.
Wellington, NEW ZEALAND – An 18 year-old boy will be jailed for nine months on eight charges of burglary from his old school and one on animal cruelty. The former pupil stole various types of computer equipment and a budgie, which is a bird. The boy then microwaved the bird to death.