A Massachusetts woman who belongs to the fictional Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster has won her fight for the right to wear a pasta strainer on her head in her driver's license photo.
Lindsay Miller of Lowell, Massachusetts argued that it was her religious right to express her beliefs by wearing the colander, which is the religious symbol that she and other "Pastafarians" have adopted. Massachusetts permits head coverings in license photos only for religious beliefs, and had no choice but to allow Miller to wear hers.
Miller is the fifth "Pastafarian" in the country to win the right to wear a colander in a driver's license photo.
Lindsay Miller of Lowell, Massachusetts argued that it was her religious right to express her beliefs by wearing the colander, which is the religious symbol that she and other "Pastafarians" have adopted. Massachusetts permits head coverings in license photos only for religious beliefs, and had no choice but to allow Miller to wear hers.
Miller is the fifth "Pastafarian" in the country to win the right to wear a colander in a driver's license photo.
A town in England has called in an army of bagpipes to combat a homeless problem at a bus station.
Dozens of homeless men and women have taken a liking to the bus station in Bournemouth. They use the restrooms and sleep inside the station, but their presence has caused a lot of problems. People have complained about them trying to intimidate passersby and also verbally abusing women as they walk by. So the town started blasting bagpipe music at night to drive them from the station and so far it appears to be working. One station worker says, "They just cannot stand it, you try getting any sleep with that going on."
But the unusual method has drawn some criticism from people who argue that all it does is send them to other areas and does nothing to actually help them.
Dozens of homeless men and women have taken a liking to the bus station in Bournemouth. They use the restrooms and sleep inside the station, but their presence has caused a lot of problems. People have complained about them trying to intimidate passersby and also verbally abusing women as they walk by. So the town started blasting bagpipe music at night to drive them from the station and so far it appears to be working. One station worker says, "They just cannot stand it, you try getting any sleep with that going on."
But the unusual method has drawn some criticism from people who argue that all it does is send them to other areas and does nothing to actually help them.
An Indianapolis man is dead and his father is in jail after the son went crazy over receiving only one biscuit for breakfast.
Police say Fred Fleener the Fourth got angry when he asked for biscuits and gravy and he got only one biscuit. He started attacking his sister and his disabled cousin, so his father, Fred Fleener the Third, stepped in to break up the fight and ended up shooting his son in the chest.
The sister says her brother had mental problems and had stopped taking his medication. She adds that her father is not a killer and just snapped because "somebody can only handle so much at a time." The father was arrested and charged with killing his son.
Police say Fred Fleener the Fourth got angry when he asked for biscuits and gravy and he got only one biscuit. He started attacking his sister and his disabled cousin, so his father, Fred Fleener the Third, stepped in to break up the fight and ended up shooting his son in the chest.
The sister says her brother had mental problems and had stopped taking his medication. She adds that her father is not a killer and just snapped because "somebody can only handle so much at a time." The father was arrested and charged with killing his son.