9&10 Oddities

Police capture escaped zebra in downtown Atlanta
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Posted: 2/18/2010
ATLANTA (AP) — An escaped circus zebra has been rounded up in Atlanta after it led police on a chase through the downtown area and along an interstate highway.

Md. lawmaker: Ban first-cousin marriages as unsafe
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Posted: 2/18/2010
ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — A Maryland state legislator says it's time to ban marriages between first cousins and stop playing what he calls "genetic roulette" with their offspring.
Henry Heller, a Democratic delegate, or state representative, says he wants to bring Maryland "into the enlightened world of other states such as West Virginia and Arkansas" that already prohibit unions of first cousins.

First came love, then came marriage-night arrests
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Posted: 2/17/2010
LEWISTON, Idaho (AP) — A marriage got off to a rocky start after the 21-year-old groom from northern Idaho was arrested twice on his wedding night and charged with assaulting his new wife in nearby eastern Washington.
Police say that after Lewis was released on bail, he assaulted his new wife at a home in nearby Clarkston, Wash. The bride told authorities she was slapped and choked during the altercation, the Lewiston Tribune reports.