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A woman in western Russia has sold her six-year-old daughter for $10,000 to an undercover policeman who warned the child would be sexually abused and then used for organ donations, the Prosecutor General’s office reported Monday... [Mosnews, via Roland P.]

a Dutch witch has reportedly won her battle to make the cost of her brooms and spell-making lessons tax-deductable ... the witch paid about ($2,600) for a 13 weekend course to a witchcraft school in Appelscha, where they were taught how to make spells, prepare magic portions and heal with stones... she reportedly won her claim after tax authorities finally agreed that she could adjust her witching expenses against tax. [Times of I.]

To Serve and Protect

West Midlands Police, it emerged last week, is pioneering a bold new
anti-theft initiative on university campuses. The force is printing
crime-prevention messages on condoms... [Telegraph]

Almost 1,500 men and women stripped naked in the name of art in the French city of Lyon ... Directed by the artist from a crane, they posed with arms and legs in the air between shipping containers in Lyon's port... [BBC]

Sucking a Fishermen's Friend could get you into trouble

Police in Germany are warning motorists that sucking a Fishermen's Friend could get them into trouble.... [Ananova]

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