Surely two would have been enough? (Spotted in Waterview by David Blake)
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A24-year-old Florida man can blame peanuts for leading police to him after he robbed a store. Michael Maloy was caught on camera walking into the Walgreens store while snacking on peanuts. He approached a female clerk and told her to give him money from the cash register, officials said. Maloy, who was unarmed, tossed his head back and put a handful of nuts into his mouth, allowing the store's surveillance cameras to capture his face.
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Fans of Avatar have been left feeling blue by the realisation that the utopian planet Pandora is not real. The futuristic blockbuster tells the story of a corporation trying to mine for a rare mineral on the planet Pandora after Earth's resources have been depleted. Ivar Hill, a 17-year-old fan from Sweden, wrote on a website: "When I woke up this morning after watching Avatar for the first time yesterday, the world seemed grey. It was like my whole life, everything I've done and worked for, lost its meaning ... It just seems so meaningless." On another website, a user known as Mike was even more acutely affected. He wrote: "Ever since I went to see Avatar I have been depressed. Watching the wonderful world of Pandora and all the Na'vi made me want to be one of them. I even contemplate suicide, thinking that if I do it I will be rebirthed in a world similar to Pandora." Stacy Kaiser, a psychotherapist, said obsession with the film was masking more serious problems in the fans' lives. (Source: Telegraph.co.uk)
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Ross writes: "My father was rounding a corner when he found two police cars on opposite sides of a narrow stretch of road, parked on the grass verge. Thinking this was an accident scene, he slowed and passed safely between the two, only to have one police car start to follow him with flashing lights. Dad was given a ticket for crossing the centre line as he passed between the two police cars as he admitted both his drivers' side wheels would have crossed the centre line."
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Auckland Regional Council principal ranger Stephen Bell explains the contradictory signage regarding dogs. "Whatipu Scientific Reserve is one of the greatest open wilderness areas in the region and home to many native and threatened species - this is why dogs are banned. Unfortunately, a few people still take their dogs to the area and, while we're not condoning this, we have to make sure they know that pest bait may harm their animals."
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