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Carlos Bea, a federal appeals court judge in San Francisco, wrote that federal copyright laws don't extend to animals in a ruling rejecting a lawsuit filed to give an Indonesian crested macaque named Naruto control of a selfie the monkey took using a photographer's camera in 2011.

Gilberto Escamilla, 53, of Brownsville, Texas, was sentenced to 50 years in prison after pleading guilty to stealing $1.2 million worth of fajitas over nine years from the county juvenile detention center where he worked.

Jason Bentley, deputy police chief in Montoursville, Pa., drove a frail, 84-year-old man who called police for help because he had no way to visit his wife, who had had a medical emergency and was taken by ambulance to a hospital in Williamsport.

Ed Pollard, assistant fire chief in Monmouth, Maine, described it as "not the way to get rid of a woodchuck" after an orchard employee's attempt to smoke out the varmint started a brush fire that burned almost 2 acres, adding that it was unclear if the woodchuck was harmed or scared off by the fire.

Mark Meechan of Coatbridge, Scotland, who taught his girlfriend's pug to raise a paw in a salute as the dog stared at a video of a speech by Adolf Hitler, has been fined about $1,100 for a hate crime after authorities said the video Meechan posted online could be seen as promoting violence against Jews.

Beck Owens, a sheriff's deputy who fell asleep while guarding a hospitalized inmate in Bristol, Tenn., was fired after the inmate escaped from his room, went to the parking lot and drove off in Owens' vehicle, Sheriff Wayne Anderson said.

Steven Werbner, town manager of Tolland, Conn., said that after getting complaints from residents and commuters, he got the owner of the Electric Blue Cafe strip club to voluntarily replace a billboard to show less risque images than the two scantily clad dancers currently featured.

Steven Hunter of Sidney, Ohio, accused of hitting a horse-drawn Amish buggy in a crash that killed a 23-year-old woman and critically hurt a man and two young children, has been jailed on charges including aggravated vehicular homicide.

Ana Segovia, 31, of Houston, was arrested on aggravated assault charges after witnesses at a carwash told police that she revved her engine to the point where it caught fire as she sat inside a car with her three children and was overheard saying, "We're going to see Jesus."

A Section on 04/24/2018

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