And other stories from the stranger side of life
28 May 2021
A testicle-eating festival has been tainted after counterfeiters used fake money to pay for scrotal snacks. The Calumet County Testicle Festival, in Kaukauna, Wisconsin, offers an “all you can eat” testicle-based menu. However a food stall, Rocky & Tara’s Nut Haus, said its staff had been fooled by a number of fake $100 bills.
Europeans would welcome AI government
A study has found that most European people would be happy to see government ministers replaced by an artificial intelligence regime. Researchers from the Spanish-based IE University’s Centre for the Governance of Change found that 51% of Europeans were entirely happy with the idea of handing the business of government over to an algorithm administration.
First Published: 12:53 PM PDT, May 27, 2021
After breaking the East Alabama Humane Society’s record for days without a forever home, the 4-year-old sweet pit bull/bull terrier mix finally found one.
Rutabaga, a pit bull/bull terrier mix, has finally been adopted after spending 853 days in an Alabama shelter.
Even with the shelter’s posting about the dog’s calm nature and great behavior, Rutabaga set the record for the days an animal has spent at East Alabama Humane Society.
The shelter staff cared for the 4-year-old pup through heartworm treatments and the birth of Rutabaga’s nine babies, and the sweet pooch remained patient throughout it all.
State audit critical of indicted Alabama prosecutor
May 17, 2021
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OPELIKA, Ala. (AP) A former Alabama prosecutor set for trial on ethics charges next month repeatedly failed to handle office finances properly and should have to repay money, a state audit found.
Suspended Lee County District Attorney Brandon Hughes did not have procedures for handling cash or credit card transactions and failed to ensure money was being spent only for proper, law enforcement-related needs, according to a report by the Examiners of Public Accounts that cited failures in seven areas.
While an office manager was able to avoid paying $3,406 in questioned charges following a hearing, Hughes failed to appear for a hearing and is still liable for an unspecified amount of money related to a unit that collects money from worthless checks, the report said.
Lee County DA Brandon Hughes should repay office for mishandled funds, audit finds
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A former Alabama prosecutor set for trial on ethics charges next month repeatedly failed to handle office finances properly and should have to repay money, a state audit found.
Suspended Lee County District Attorney Brandon Hughes did not have procedures for handling cash or credit card transactions and failed to ensure money was being spent only for proper, law enforcement-related needs, according to a report by the Examiners of Public Accounts that cited failures in seven areas.
While an office manager was able to avoid paying $3,406 in questioned charges following a hearing, Hughes failed to appear for a hearing and is still liable for an unspecified amount of money related to a unit that collects money from worthless checks, the report said.
OPELIKA, Ala. (AP) A judge on Wednesday sentenced a teenager in connection with the 2019 crash that killed Auburn University sports announcer Rod Bramblett.
News outlets reported that the sentence for Johnston Edward Taylor, 18, was not released because he was granted youthful offender status. The status can be granted to defendants younger than 21 and can result in reduced penalties than if they had been sentenced as an adult.
Taylor had faced two counts of reckless manslaughter for the 2019 crash that killed Bramblett and his wife Paula. Taylor was 16 at the time of the crash. As a youthful offender, Taylor had faced a maximum sentence of three years.