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In August in Zanesville, Ohio, two fire fighters fought each other instead of the fire at Connie Rider’s house. The assistant chief had warned one of his men, who was carrying a fire hose, not to get too close to a downed power line. When the man continued to approach it, the assistant chief pulled the hose to stop him. The two men fell to the ground scuffling while a bystander grabbed the hose and fought the fire.
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The European reported that a wildlife park in Somerset, England, booked a 60-piece symphony orchestra to serenade an elephant in order to encourage him to mate, since he had shown no interest in the five females that had been available to him for several months. Cost of the symphony booking: about $18,000.
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Alfred Abadie, 37, was arrested in New Orleans in September and charged with the murder of his neighbor, Kurt King. According to neighbors, the two had been arguing because King had run his edging machine three inches into Abadie’s yard.
