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So the police will investigate you if your husband merely claims you are using black magic? Apparently so, at least if you live in Kuwait. As reported by the Arab Times:

A Kuwaiti man has filed a complaint with the Adan Police Station accusing his ex-wife of doing black magic. He claims the magic harmed him and his two daughters, reports Al-Rai daily.
 According to the man the woman planted some magic charms in his home to promote hatred between him and his daughters.
 He also said because of the magic he and his daughters are suffering from dermal disease. The suspect will be summoned for interrogation.

If these allegations are true ... what a great example this Florida school superintendent is setting for her students. As reported by TCPalm.com:

The Florida Department of Law Enforcement is reviewing allegations that Martin County Schools Superintendent Nancy Kline cheated on a certification exam in 2009.

In a memo to School Board Attorney Doug Griffin dated Jan. 22, Kim Sabol, the district's labor/employment representative, wrote that Terrie Kenney, a former consultant and volunteer with the district, claimed Kline phoned Kenney "for help in answering test questions while taking what Ms. Kenney later learned was a certification examination for the Florida Superintendent Special Certification Program."

According to the memo, Kenney reported Kline called from a hotel room, said some of the questions were "really hard" and admitted she didn't attend all the class sessions leading up to the test.

When Kenney suggested Kline call Frank Raffone, the district's assistant superintendent, for help on some questions, "the superintendent did not say anything in response."

Kline's unwillingness to get help from a school official "solidified" for Kenney that the superintendent "knew what she was doing was wrong," Sabol wrote.

Kenney reportedly suggested to Sabol that Kline's calls could have been allowed because it was an "open book exam."

Sabol wrote that she replied, "Terrie, open book, if that is even true, does not mean cheating!"

"These allegations have no credibility – this is nothing more than a smear campaign," Kline said Monday night.

Kline is up for re-election this year, facing a challenge by School Board member Laurie Gaylord.

It would be misleading, though not totally false, to say this guy walked into a Florida Papa John's and stole pizza. Here's what happened, per wptv.com:

Polk County deputies say a man walked into Papa John's Pizza restaurant, put on a pizza costume, and then walked out of the Lakeland restaurant Sunday evening.

Detectives say a white man, perhaps 18 years old, entered the restaurant with six others, wearing a white button-up shirt, dark pants and a dark tie. He put the costume on and left the store wearing it.

The costume is described as approximately six feet tall, and looks like a giant slice of pizza with pepperoni, mushrooms, green peppers and black olives.

Video surveillance shows the images of the suspect and four persons of interest. They are described as three older white males with dark hair. One had a full beard. The fourth person of interest is described as a white female with dark hair.

If you're separated, but still living in the same house, don't you expect awkward situations? Well, a Pennsylvania man claims, in his defense, that he was just trying to avoid those awkward moments (awkward for him, any way). As reported by the Beaver County Times:

Suzanne Cripe, no age given, of 111 Grays Lane, contacted police Feb. 20 and said she had found a "transmitter device" under her bed, according to a township police report. She told police she thought the device had been placed there by her husband, Wayne Comet Cripe, 66, also of 111 Grays Lane.

The Cripes "have been separated for some time," and were still sharing a house, but they had separate bedrooms, the police report said.

When police made contact with Wayne Cripe he said, "I guess she found the transmitter," before police even asked him any questions, the report said.

Wayne Cripe told the police he put the transmitter under his wife's bed because he wanted to know whether she and her boyfriend were having sex. He told police he was tired of hearing them and wanted to know "if the coast was clear" before entering his home, the report said.

... a misdemeanor charge of invasion of privacy and a felony charge of intercept communications, which means he intentionally intercepted communication from someone else without that individual's knowledge.

Has The Juice lost it, you may be asking yourself? No, he's just referring to a very strange law that is on the books in the City of Everett, Washington. Here it is:

9.24.010 Hypnotism unlawful.

It is unlawful for any hypnotist or mesmerist, or other person, to exhibit or display, or permit to be exhibited or displayed, any subject of any hypnotist or mesmerist, or any person while under the influence of or alleged influence of hypnotism or mesmerism, in any window or public place outside of the hall or theater where such hypnotist or mesmerist is giving his entertainment or exhibition.

So the dude gets busted for going 105 MPH, and drives slower after that. What's the bad news? He didn't slow down quite enough. As reported by The Oregonian:

It all began Wednesday morning when a trooper stopped a westbound car hitting 92 mph on Interstate 84, just west of The Dalles.

During a routine check, the trooper discovered the driver – identified as Jose Romero-Valenzuela, 34, of Las Vegas -- had already been stopped twice in the past 60 minutes.

The trooper learned that the same car had been pulled over 30 miles to the east for hitting 98 mph. And, before that a Gilliam County Sheriff's Deputy pulled the driver for hitting 105 mph.

After letting the driver go, another trooper [number 4] west of Hood River was waiting with a radar gun, Hastings said. The car, he said, was driving within the 65 mph speed limit.

[he] ... told the trooper he was on his way to Oregon City. He had to appear in the Clackamas County Circuit Court for a preliminary hearing on a drug-related charge.

Hey, The Juice is a big fan of Thin Mints. But this lady in Florida? Check out what happened to the housemate she believed took her box of Thin Mints. As reported by WZVN:

[Hersha] Howard's roommate, Jasmin Wanke, told deputies she was asleep when Howard burst into her bedroom and accused her of eating the cookies.

Wanke said she gave them to Howard's kids because they were awake and hungry at 1 a.m., according to a Collier County Sheriff's Office report.

The women began to argue, then Howard reportedly jumped on top of Wanke and struck her in the face.

The two continued to fight until Wanke's husband separated them.

When Wanke walked out of the bedroom, Howard grabbed a pair of scissors and began chasing and threatening Wanke, the report said.

As women ran down the stairs, Howard reportedly dropped the scissors, picked up a board and struck Wanke.

Wanke then ran to the kitchen, where Howard confronted and attacked her again, according to the Sheriff's Office.

During the fight, Howard bit Wanke in the breast and continued to hit her until the two were separated again, the report said.

The women ran out of the house, then Howard reportedly picked up a sign and struck Wanke with it several times.

Wanke's husband tackled Howard before deputies arrived and arrested her (and charged her with aggravated battery with a deadly weapon.

She was taken to the Naples Jail Center for booking.

Of course you won't be thrown in the clink for playing golf ... unless ... you're on disability. Doh! The Juice despises fraud, and hence is not at all fond of this chap. As reported by thisisnottingham.co.uk:

Judge Andrew Hamilton told Robert Cave he was an utter liar and cheat as he sentenced him at Nottingham Crown Court yesterday.

Cave, 50, from Cotswold Grove, Mansfield, pocketed £12,604.65 [about $20,000 US] in Disability Allowance over more than three years.

He claimed on forms for the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) that walking was extremely painful after both his knee caps were removed.

He also said he needed help using the toilet day and night and found it hard to lift pans from the cooker to the sink.

By the time investigators acted on a tip-off to their fraud-busting hotline, Cave had developed a handicap of 15 and played regularly in competitions.

He was seen loading a golf trolley into the boot of a car in 2009.

The court heard his claim was legitimate when it was submitted in 1996, but he should have told the DWP if his condition improved.

Miss Pittman said her client's condition had since deteriorated.

Like you didn't know it was the infamous Sheriff Joe Arpaio of Maricopa County, Arizona. His enlightened "pink underwear" policy is at the heart of a federal lawsuit. As reported by myfoxphoenix.com:

A federal court has reinstated a lawsuit against Maricopa County and Sheriff Joe Arpaio -- over pink underwear. The Sheriff is well known for making inmates wear them.

A woman claims her brother's death stemmed from a traumatic incident at the jail, when he was allegedly held down, stripped and forced into the pink underwear.

She says it upset him so much that when authorities tried to arrest him weeks later, he ran four or five miles to get away from them -- and died of a heart attack.

A federal district court ruled against allowing the family's lawsuit, but for now, an appeals court says the case can be heard.

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