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In March the new superintendent of the Statue of Liberty banned gum chewing by visitors, reporting that about 1,000 chewed pieces a day get left behind, requiring five full-time cleanup people.
An environmental advocacy group called the National Toxic Campaign Fund revealed in March that according to its study of Pentagon documents, U.S. military installations are responsible for more than 14,000 toxic dumps in the country and 100 installations are among “the most polluted pieces of real estate in America.”
In July police entering a suburban Detroit home found an intoxicated five-year-old boy smoking a cigarette and demonstrating a sex act. He said he had just been given gin by his father.
A 41-year-old man was hospitalized in March in Kansas City, Missouri, after a botched burglary attempt. He had been surprised by an off-duty police officer outside Dillard’s department store, and his accomplice had jumped in their getaway car and attempted to run over the officer, who managed to get out of the way. The burglar didn’t, and was run over and injured severely.
