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Divorce-Online says it began analyzing data ODDS after agents noticed an increase in inquiries mentioning the video game. The company offers clients the ability to “undertake their own divorce proceedings in the UK” without AND ENDS needing to use lawyers. In a blog post, the company said that since the beginning of the WEIRD NEWS year, it has received at least 200 divorce petitions listing addiction to Fortnite and other Dateline: Maine online games as one of the reasons for divorce. A restaurateur's choice to expose lobsters to A spokesperson for Divorce-Online said cannabis smoke before boiling them for service addictions to drugs or gambling are often cited has been decried by PETA. According to The as reasons for divorce. They said digital Washington Post, Charlotte Gill, owner of addiction is a natural result of technological Charlotte’s Legendary Lobster Pound in proliferation. The company says divorce Southwest Harbor, wanted to make the petitions citing Fortnite addiction make up preparation of lobster—which involves boiling roughly five percent of the total petitions filed or steaming the crustacean alive—more so far this year. “humane.” Gill is also a licensed medical marijuana caregiver with the state of Maine, Dateline: South Korea and has reportedly been experimenting with An “Uncle Service” is offering South Korean exposing the animals to cannabis smoke before parents the chance to hire a large and preparing them. Her first experiment consisted intimidating man to pose as their child's uncle of blowing cannabis smoke into a tank with a and scare away bullies. According to allkpop, solitary lobster named Roscoe before returning the Uncle Service offers three different him to the tank with the other lobsters. Gill packages. The “Uncle Package”—which costs says Roscoe was much less aggressive after the around $443 a day—will provide clients with a treatment. She plans to offer the “stoned” large man in his 30s or 40s who will pose as the lobsters to diners as an option alongside the student's uncle and will accompany them on traditional method. However, she insists the their trip to and from school. The “uncle” will psychoactive substance associated with give any bullies bothering the student a stern cannabis—THC—will not remain in the final warning. If clients choose the “Evidence dish, as high temperatures will cause it to be Package,” an “uncle” will obtain footage of any broken down during the process. But People for bullying with a camera and will bring the the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) evidence to the school. He will then demand made a statement last week that condemned the school take care of the problem. This the entire practice. “It is highly unlikely that package costs around $354 a day. The getting a lobster high would make a lick of “Chaperone Package” will bring an “uncle” to difference when it comes to the full-blown the workplace of one of the bully's parents, agony of being boiled or steamed alive,” a where the “uncle” will protest outside the representative told the Marijuana Moment. building and shout, “A parent of a bully works here.” This package costs around $1,772 and Dateline: Pennsylvania will cover 4 visits. A man was arrested for walking his wife with dementia on a dog leash. Penn Live reports Dateline: Texas Walter W. Wolford, of Maryland, was seen Great-grandmother and Livingston Mayor Judy leading his wife around the York Fair attached Cochran shot and killed a large alligator that to an 8-inch red nylon dog leash. A police she believes ate her miniature horse. KPRC in officer on the scene reported finding Wolford's Houston reports Mayor Cochran's miniature wife in a confused state. He said she was unable horse went missing three years ago. She “highly to communicate and had red marks on her suspected” that an alligator was responsible. throat. Witnesses told police that the marks Worried about the other animals on her had been made by Wolford, who repeatedly property, the mayor wanted to track down the pulled on the leash. When questioned, Wolford animal and kill it, but was required to receive a said he never pulled too hard, and only uses it hunting permit and tag first. According to Polk to make sure his wife—who suffers from County laws, hunters are also only allowed to dementia—doesn't wander away. He said the hunt alligators between Sept. 10 and Sept. 30. couple visited the fair last year, and his wife After getting the permit and tag, Cochran had become lost for 90 minutes. He claimed he hired a nuisance trapper to help catch the had originally attached the leash at her waist, alligator. After numerous attempts, the trapper but that it had somehow made its way to her was able to catch the animal on a line and neck. West Manchester Township Police called the mayor out to shoot it. After consulted with the York Area Agency on wrapping up her mayoral duties, she went to Aging and the district attorney's office on the the site of the alligator's capture and allegedly case and eventually charged Wolford with killed it with one shot. The alligator was simple assault. reportedly 12 feet long and weighed 580 pounds. a Dateline: United Kingdom An online company that facilitates divorces Compiled by Joshua Lee. Email your weird news to [email protected]. says “addiction to Fortnite” has been cited in a [6] WEEKLY ALIBI SEPTEMBER 27-OCTOBER 3, 2018 NEWS | POLICE OVERSIGHT NEWS NEWS CITY BY JOSHUA LEE Foster Care System Under Fire Police Oversight Necessary A lawsuit has been filed against the state's Children, Youth and Families Department and Human Services Department, alleging that New Mexico's foster care system is a failure and Citizen input ensures compliance, progress of department needs to provide better treatment to children. According to KOB4, the lawsuit was filed on BY CAROLYN CARLSON behalf of 13 foster children and accused the state of removing children from dangerous or abusive living situations only to place them into tubborn cops, less property crime, more unstable foster homes. The suit details homicides and a shout-out for citizen input numerous cases in which children in foster care Sto polish up the vision and mission of the have allegedly been abused, restrained or city’s police department—these are just some drugged by their state-assigned caretakers. The suit also claims that state agencies of the local law enforcement happenings down regularly fail to provide the proper medical, at City Hall.