Mr. Smiley's Sad End
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A fortune slipped through his fingers, but at least, as corny as it sounds, Ball really did try to have a nice day.
The Weird News Roundup
Cruisin' Au Naturel
A 57-year-old man from Walled Lake, Mich., allegedly jumped into his Chevrolet pickup stark naked, rear-ended another vehicle, and then left the scene of the accident. Police say they stopped Leonard Devore a few miles away, and he got out of the car naked. Deputy Richard Abbot says Devore stood on the side of the road in his birthday suit and shouted "that this was a free country and he could do what he wanted," according to the Frankfort Times of Indiana. Devore faces six misdemeanor charges in the odd incident.
The Beer Hits the Fan
Flying Dog Brewery in Denver has won a five-year battle to put the s-word on the label of its Red Dog Ale. Colorado liquor authorities had refused to approve the "Good Beer No S—t" slogan. The brewer sued, claiming a First Amendment infringement. Now, the brewery says the controversial label has been OK'd by the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms. The label will go on Road Dog Ale starting July 1.
Hole-istic Medicine
Two men accused of drilling holes in a woman's skull have pleaded guilty to practicing medicine without a license. Peter Halvorson and William Lyons of Utah got three years probation and a $500 fine for the procedure. Adherents of "trepanation" believe that drilling a hole in the skull relieves depression. Prosecutors in Utah started pursuing the case after ABC's 20/20 aired a segment last year about the operation. They say the woman returned to England after the surgery, and her wound healed.
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