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It's all Hip-Hop, but don't trip eluding cops

By TIMES WIRES
Published January 27, 2007

Fashion and felonies don't mix. For instance, the 16-year-old robbery suspect in Covington, La., sure looked cool strolling around town in his baggy, low-riding pants. But that fashion statement worked against him. He is accused of robbing a man at gunpoint and stealing a car after beating the owner with a brick. Police saw him on a street and started chasing him. Whether the cops were about to catch him or not is debatable, but it didn't matter once his pants fell down and he tripped over them. "We literally caught him with his pants down," Lt. Jack West said before anyone else could.

Bigfoot is found, but not his big feet

The 8-foot tall, 400-pound statue of Bigfoot in front of chiropractor Tom Payne's office in Federal Way, Wash., was stolen last week. Working on a tip, police found it Thursday under a pile of debris about a block away from Payne's office, but with one - actually, two - major things missing: his big feet. The statue was sawed off at the ankles. "I'm glad we got him before they cut him anymore," Payne said. "We're relieved to have him back." Two suspects, a man and a boy, have offered no motive. Payne plans to have some new feet carved. "I'm sure I can find a chain saw sculptor that might feel up to the task."

Have you seen this single farmer?

Welsh dairy farmers have it pretty tough. Working long, dark days milking cows, it can be hard to meet eligible singles. So five farmers - three men and two women - have taken to advertising their availability on the sides of milk cartons. "My family thinks I'm nuts," said Iwan Jones, 30, who hasn't had a date in a year and is featured in the "Fancy a Farmer?" campaign. He hasn't gone on a date yet, but has gotten several inquiries from the Web site (www.pishynwales.com). He says he's looking for an "easygoing woman, (who is) not too thin. ... Not the sort of supermodel stick type, if you know what I mean." So, if you're single, and you aren't a supermodel, get milk in Wales.

To elude DUI, just give it some gas

A judge in England has ruled that belching can save your driver's license. It seems that a man named O Sang Ng eructed (he burped) while a police officer administered the breath test. The Sun reports that he failed it, but appealed the one-year suspension of his license on the basis that his burpage may have caused an artificially high reading. One judge turned him down, but another said that it could be that burping is a "special reason" that might allow a test to be overruled. This sends it to another judge to actually decide the merits of the claim.

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