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...taxidermist, to nab poachers. The deer don't gallop through the woods or eat prize rhododendrons. Only their heads and tails move. But that's all it takes. "You can't believe the look on a guy's face," Malette says, when a brawny hunter discovers he has just blown holes in a stuffed animal with AA batteries in its head...
...Kingston, Jamaica, ordered an arrest warrant for Sade after she failed to appear at a hearing on reckless-driving charges. "It wasn't really a traffic incident, to be honest," says Sade, who claims that a Jamaican policeman tried to pressure her into giving him a bribe. "It got blown into some incredible farcical event." In order to avoid arrest, Sade says she plans never to return to the island...
...week that his men try to be extra vigilant for unfamiliar faces and awkward accents. If they spot someone suspicious, they begin pestering the stranger with questions about his home village. Moustarabine agents had better be sure they can name at least three neighbors or their cover will be blown...
There are some things that happen only in movies. That's what I always thought about having an umbrella blown inside-out by a gust of wind or getting gutter-splashed by a car. Coming from Los Angeles, where roads are wide and the rain always vertical, I thought those things were some wide-eyed screenwriter's fancy...
...Sharon on lupron, a hormone that slams the brakes on puberty--only to see their happy little girl go into terrible mood swings. "I had a child acting like she was in menopause," says Carter. The parents decided to stop the treatment, and by age 9, Sharon had full-blown breasts and was getting her period...