http://www.cityweekly.net/utah/articles.sec-8396-1-news-quirks.html By Roland Sweet

Now that penmanship is rarely practiced]]> By Roland Sweet

Her bill is more than $400,000, of which Medicaid pays only $425 per trip]]> By Roland Sweet

Minnesota’s Rocori School District, where two students were shot to death in 2003, spent $25,000 for 200 bulletproof whiteboards, which their manufacturer, Maryland-based Hardwire, claims are stronger than police-issued ]]> By Roland Sweet

I am going to plow all three of you.]]> By Roland Sweet

Authorities charged David Kitzki with setting fire to his house in Mequon, Wis. Kitzki, who owns his own fire-inspection business, told investigators he put a lit cigarette in a garbage can to see how long it ]]> By Roland Sweet

Shawn Wayne Hughes, 32, agreed to sell his 6-year-old daughter for $1,500, according...]]> By Roland Sweet

While visiting neighbor Nathan Hess, 30, in Marston Mills, Mass., Dwayne Peters, 31, brought up some racial “stuff,” prompting an argument, Barnstable police Detective Valerie Hemmila said. ]]> By Roland Sweet

Concert promoter Charles Attal claimed he’s the victim of a “witch hunt” after he cut down several dozen juniper trees on his property in West Lake Hills, Texas. City officials said he broke the law, which forbids removing any tree ]]> By Roland Sweet

A bicyclists association that promotes safety objected to a measure in the Maryland House of Delegates that would require all cyclists to wear helmets. ]]> By Roland Sweet

Outbox, a new startup, charges people $4.99 a month to digitize their mail. A driver, known as an “unpostman,” stops at subscribers’ homes three times a week to collect letters, bills, magazines and advertisements ]]> By Roland Sweet

She went through her personal fortune of between $40 million and $50 million]]> By Roland Sweet

University of Louisville police accused Terry J. Davis of shoplifting after surveillance video cameras showed him stealing a textbook and then trying to sell it back to the university bookstore. The book was titled “Resolving Ethical Issues.”]]> By Roland Sweet

The agency said the hunters would share equally in the one animal they did shoot]]> By Roland Sweet

Leafy green vegetables cause the most food-borne illnesses in the United States]]> By Roland Sweet

The power blackout that halted the Super Bowl was caused by an electrical relay installed to prevent a power failure, according to the company that supplied electricity to the Superdome. ]]> By Roland Sweet

Since the Library of Congress began archiving Twitter messages in 2010, it has amassed more than 170 billion tweets. ]]> By Roland Sweet

Boeing engineers used sacks of potatoes to solve the problem of spotty signals with in-flight Wi-Fi. The tubers stood in for human passengers because their water content and chemistry absorb and reflect radio-wave signals ]]> By Roland Sweet

The Iowa Supreme Court ruled that bosses could fire workers they see as an “irresistible attraction,” even if the employees haven’t engaged in flirtatious behavior or made other advances. ]]> By Roland Sweet

The Royal & Ancient Golf Club and the U.S. Golf Association, golf’s top governing organizations, proposed a ban on golfers anchoring their putters against their bellies instead of swinging them freely. ]]> By Roland Sweet

Candice Lee, 37, and her husband had an open marriage and invited her former lover, Shakir Muilam, 45, to live with them at their home in Monroe County, Fla. after he was diagnosed with cancer. ]]>