Weird but true
Schoolkids in La La Land just don’t have a taste for healthy food!
The Los Angeles Unified School District will shake up its lunch menu for the second time this year after students rejected new selections that were low in fat, sugar and sodium.
Hamburgers will be offered daily, while vegetable curry, pad Thai and lentil- and-brown-rice cutlets will vanish from cafeterias.
Pizza will come back but with whole-wheat crust, low-fat cheese and low-sodium sauce.
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At least one person in Miami knows what holiday giving is all about.
The big-hearted woman dropped a $20,000 diamond ring into a Salvation Army kettle.
The ring was wrapped in a $50 bill and a note that read: “They need more than I. Do good! A Friend.”
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What goes around comes around in Ogden, Utah.
Eldon Alexander, 36, and Korin Vanhouten, 47, had just been cited and released on shoplifting charges when they returned to their car — and found someone had broken into it.
Their stereo and amplifier, a drum machine and cigarettes, together worth about $60, had been swiped.
The couple had just been pinched for pilfering $25 worth of goods, cops said.
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Bad Santa!
Two not-so-jolly men dressed in full Santa Claus gear slugged it out in a pub in North Vancouver, British Columbia, this weekend.
One of the St. Nicks was taken to the hospital with minor injuries, but neither will be criminally charged, according to police.
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Bad Santa, Part II!
A man wearing a Santa Claus hat and sunglasses knocked off a suburban San Diego bank — but offered an excuse for acting more naughty than nice.
“My kid is dying, and I can’t afford to pay,” the robber told a teller. “I’m scared and have a gun. Please, no GPS or red dye.”

