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Japan Efficiency Headquarters, an “entertainment business company” in Chiba, Japan, rents trained “family members” out to senior citizens who would like to enjoy the benefits of a close-knit family from time to time. The rented family, typically a husband, wife, and child, engage in family-type activities as if everyone were related. Renting three family members for three hours costs about $1,100.
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In May the Missouri Court of Appeals turned down David Turner’s appeal of the automatic suspension of his driver’s license after he refused to take a blood-alcohol test. He argued that he was too drunk when he was arrested to realize that he should have submitted to the test.
Creme de la Weird
As a result of a yearlong dispute among taxi companies trying to increase their market shares, more than 300 people have been killed in Lebowa, a group of rural areas in northeast South Africa.
