Boxing chickens, too

Our mentions of boxing rats and cats and flies did not exhaust the list of ring-eligible contenders. There is a plan to equip chickens with boxing gloves. The Associated Press reports that Oklahoma state senator Frank Shurden is a strong supporter of the plan.

Library shushing

"Foul-Mouthed Patron Drops Lawsuit" is the headline in a recent report in the journal American Libraries. The report begins: A patron who sued the Ann Arbor (Mich.) District Library after being banned for using obscene language has dropped his federal lawsuit. In a December 6 letter to U.S. District Judge George Caram Steeh, author Fredric […]

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