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According to police reports, the popular sleeping pill called "Ambien" is being blamed for traffic accidents. Apparently, drivers are taking the pills and then falling asleep at the wheel. "All right, no more Ambien while driving. I hope I can still watch movies in my car DVD player while I'm talking on my cell phone and eating soft tacos?"

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Two masked burglars broke into a funeral parlor and beat one of the employees until he passed out. The burglars then locked him in a coffin while searching for cash in the shop. The thieves got away with $23,000 and still have not been arrested.

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Italian police stopped a car that was zig-zagging and found a 70-year-old woman who was totally naked and had been trying to, you know (monkey sounds) with the driver who was 11 years younger than her. Police tested the driver for drunk driving and found him to be three times over the legal limit. When reporters asked police if the couple was married he said that he doubted it because married people probably wouldn't do
anything like that.

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The Japanese place a high importance on predicting exactly when cherry trees will bloom. Last year forecasters were embarrassed when their prediction was off by about 4 days. The forecasters are blaming global warming for the different timing.

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Police in China are training dogs to identify a collection of 500 different human smells. Sniff sniff. The trained dogs will be used to identify smells found at crime scenes. sniff sniff. Do you smell tacos? I smell tacos.

That's all for now. See you next week on ELLLO news.