Ahh...I love World magazine...they present such funny, unordinary news snip-its that the mainstream media seems to deem "unworthy" :)
#1~ Clothes racket
Airlines hoping to make extra revenue by charging passengers for
overstuffed checked bags weren’t counting on passengers like the one who
turned up in China’s Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport in
December. Described by authorities as looking like a sumo wrestler, the
unidentified man had emptied his bags and put on more than 60 shirts and
nine pairs of jeans in order to avoid the over-weight baggage fee.
According to press accounts, security officials ordered the man to
undress and undergo a full body search before boarding his flight to
Kenya.
http://www.worldmag.com/2013/01/quick_takes/page1
#2~Your brain on drugs
A decision by a Jersey City, N.J., man not to check his pockets before
going to court turned a bad day into a much worse one. Marquis Diggs
arrived in family court on Dec. 14 to attend a hearing concerning a
restraining order placed on him by his mother. When he checked in,
sheriff’s deputies noted that Diggs, 29, had outstanding warrants and
placed him under arrest. Then they searched him—and found 32 bags of
marijuana in his pockets, for which they re-arrested him and charged him
with several drug counts. Then, upon further investigation, deputies
discovered that Diggs’ route to court took him through a drug-free
school zone, for which they added an intent to distribute within a
school zone charge to his ledger.
http://www.worldmag.com/2013/01/quick_takes/page2
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