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In March motorists in Stone Mountain, Georgia, reported seeing the image of Christ in a forkful of spaghetti on a Pizza Hut billboard. One woman said the image caused her to abandon plans to quit her church choir.
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Among recent proposals by Los Angeles police chief Daryl Gates to abate criticism of his department’s excessive force in making arrests was a training program, complete with videos, to help citizens improve their behavior while being arrested.
Andy E.Schmid, 34, arrested in Fort Lauderdale in March for violating the city ordinance against rummaging through garbage, pulled a small gun he had hidden from police and, despite being handcuffed, fired a shot into his jaw in a suicide attempt.
Art accompanying story in printed newspaper (not available in this archive): illustration/Shawn Belschwender.
