And now for something weird...

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https://abc7ny.com/fines-homeowner-brooklyn-nyc/11484022/

Woman wrongfully fined $259K for neighbor's violations in Brooklyn
Margaret Wilson inherited the row house from her late dad, Rubert, 20 years ago. Since then, she has also inherited a mountain of violation notices from the city.

The pile of penalties range from minor - unpaid sanitation fines -- to major, like a $60,000 fine for an illegal dwelling and a partial vacate order.

In total, the violations added up to $259,000. But the problem was every violation is actually for the house next door: 470 Linwood Avenue.

Wilson only owns 466 Linwood Avenue. But she says when she tells the city it's not her house, they say when they pull it up in the computer that 470 Linwood Avenue belongs to her.
 

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https://www.kptv.com/don-t-approach...cle_d83aecad-275d-5079-928a-0a15624667df.html

Don’t approach lab monkey missing after crash, people told
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said the agency was providing “technical assistance” to state police. The shipment of monkeys was en route to a CDC-approved quarantine facility after arriving Friday morning at New York’s Kennedy Airport from Mauritius, the agency said.

The truck had been on its way to a lab, Trooper Andrea Pelachick told The Daily Item newspaper of Sunbury.
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Crates littered the road Friday as troopers searched for monkeys, rifles in hand. Valley Township firefighters used thermal imaging to try to locate the animals, and a helicopter also assisted, the Press Enterprise newspaper of Bloomsburg reported.
 

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https://www.independent.ie/irish-ne...-collect-pension-at-post-office-41265529.html
A dead man was brought to a post office this morning in an attempt to collect his pension in one of the most bizarre incidents that gardaí have ever seen.

The shocking incident in which the deceased male was propped up by two other men happened at the post office on Staplestown Road in Carlow town.
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A local woman living beside the post office told how her daughter witnessed two men carrying a man into the shop.

“She was leaving my house at the time and said the man looked unwell as his feet were dragging the ground,” she said.
 

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https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-cambridgeshire-60084347
A robot vacuum cleaner made a break for freedom after giving staff the slip at a Travelodge hotel.
The automated cleaner failed to stop at the front door of the hotel in Orchard Park in Cambridge on Thursday, and was still on the loose the following day.
Staff said it just kept going and "could be anywhere" while well-wishers on social media hoped the vacuum enjoyed its travels, as "it has no natural predators" in the wild.
It was found under a hedge on Friday.
 
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