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Dateline Florida

By Times Wires
Published October 9, 2007

Riding shotgun?

Want to draw attention to yourself? Just ride around the neighborhood on a bicycle while carrying a rifle. Police say that's what Michael Bryant, 32, did Sunday near his St. Petersburg home. Not surprisingly, someone called police. When officers arrived at 12th Avenue S, they found Bryant on a bicycle with the stock of a rifle sticking out of a black garbage bag. Bryant told police that someone -he didn't know who - had given him the gun. Police arrested Bryant on charges of carrying a concealed firearm and being a felon in possession of a firearm.e_SClBFor art's sake, they had nothing to wear

The crowd that gathered at a South Beach hotel Monday had one thing in common: a lack of clothes. New York artist Spencer Tunick did a one-day shoot at the Sagamore Hotel, posing the 600-plus group on 15 of the hotel's balconies and others in the pool clutching rafts, the Miami Herald reported. "I do it for the thrill seeking, I guess," said participant Kimane McKenzie, a Fort Lauderdale Web designer. Tunick planned to end the day with a thank-you barbecue for participants with one small caveat: Come topless because he's not quite done. Tunick's work, which can fetch up to $50,000, will be unveiled in December.

Correction

Federal prosecutors said Youssef Megahed purchased a cleaning kit for a .30-caliber rifle at a Jacksonville Wal-Mart on Aug. 4. The wrong name was listed in a Saturday story, which also incorrectly identified the client of Assistant Federal Public Defender Adam Allen, who represents Megahed.

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