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* Lynne Sladky/AP Images DON’T LET THEM EAT CAKE Arnold Abbott, 91, and two pastors face up to 60 days in jail and a $500 fine after being arrested for trying to feed the homeless, in

violation of a new Fort Lauderdale, Fla., ordinance that aims to strictly control outdoor food distribution. A county judge ordered the city to temporarily stop enforcing the law and all

parties to mediate the arrests. 1 of 13 * Richard J. Bayne/Times Herald-Record/AP Images THERE’S (REALLY) NO PLACE LIKE HOME Diane Andryshak returned from running errands to find that her

husband, James Rhein, had knocked down their house in Middletown, N.Y., without a permit — and without her consent. The house was under renovation, and Rhein claimed it was beyond repair.

Police charged him with criminal mischief. 2 of 13 * MLB via YouTube MUST BE A METS FAN Andrew Rector, a 26-year-old Bronx resident, sued ESPN for $10 million after it zeroed in on him

sleeping during a national telecast at Yankee Stadium, alleging, among other things, “mental anguish, loss of future income and loss of earning capacity.” ESPN announcer Dan Shulman had

referred to Rector as “oblivious.” 3 of 13 * David Coates/The Detroit News/AP Images YOU’RE SAYING THAT WAS WRONG? Wade H. McCree, a Michigan circuit court judge who was having an affair

with a woman while overseeing her child custody case, is immune from a civil lawsuit filed by the child’s father, a federal appeals court ruled. Still, the state Supreme Court removed McCree

from the bench. 4 of 13 * Bryan Anselm/The New York Times THERE OUGHTA NOT BE A LAW Matt Molinari and Eric Schnepf, both 18, were hoping to make some cash by shoveling snow in Bound Brook,

N.J., but police stopped them for soliciting without a license. 5 of 13 * Getty Images IF ONLY FLU SEASON COULD BE PREDICTED Suffering flu symptoms on Christmas Eve, Jim Burton of Clarke

County, Va., found a doctor who would see him — but not the Tamiflu he prescribed. Just when we needed the most-prescribed flu medicine, the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists

placed Tamiflu on its shortage list. 6 of 13 * Frank Tilley/Victoria Advocate PUTTING THE ‘BEAT’ IN POLICE BEAT After stopping 76-year-old Pete Vasquez over a misunderstanding about his car

inspection sticker, Nathanial Robinson, 23, of the Victoria, Texas, police department threw the older man against the hood of his cruiser, tackled him to the ground and used his Taser on him

— twice. Robinson was fired. 7 of 13 * Michael Patrick/Knoxville News Sentinel/AP Images BUREAUCRACY NEVER BUCKLES More than 25 years after the National Highway Traffic Safety

Administration began reviewing its longtime opposition to mandatory seat belts on school buses, two elementary school students and a teacher’s aide died when two buses collided in Knox

County, Tenn. Two months later, the NHTSA doubled down on its review. 8 of 13 * Dave Hall/AP Images IT ONLY HURTS WHEN I WORK Weeks after filing a lawsuit in which he claimed to have

sustained “serious, permanent and debilitating injuries” from a car accident, Glenn Taylor of Highland, Utah, was filmed pushing over a 2,000-pound boulder in Goblin Valley State Park. The

video rapidly went viral after the Salt Lake Tribune posted it on YouTube. 9 of 13 * AARP OFFER: REMEMBER THE PAST, HELP SHAPE THE FUTURE Share your stories and help advocate for political

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will be fined if they throw food in their garbage. Since Jan. 1, city sanitation workers have merely been slapping red tags on the garbage cans of violators. The objective is to encourage

residents to compost and to achieve the goal of recycling and composting 60 percent of waste by year’s end. 11 of 13 * Typography: Erick Montes YOUR TURN TO SHARE What really ticks you off?

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