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Brian Fejer, Albuquerque a AUGUST 2-8, 2018 WEEKLY ALIBI [5] danger. In 2012, the gang reportedly passed out leaflets offering $500 to anyone who killed ODDS a police officer. A police spokesperson told reporters the high value of Sombra's bounty reflects the damage the dog did to Urabeños' profits this year. AND ENDS Dateline: United Kingdom WEIRD NEWS A retired art teacher is requesting that his neighbors stop trying to have sex with his Dateline: Michigan hedge. According to the BBC, Keith Tyssen of A cat won the race for mayor in Omena, Sheffield, England, has been maintaining a Mich., last week, defeating 13 dogs, a peacock hedge sculpture of a reclining nude woman in and a goat. According to Detroit Free Press, front of his home since 2000. He told reporters Omena is an unincorporated village with a that the hedge has become the target of population of about 300. The Omena pranksters over the years, and he is often Historical Society reportedly began holding woken up during the night to find passing elections for village council around 10 years revelers going through the motions of having ago. The only stipulation is that candidates sex with it. “I've been awakened many times— must be animals currently living in the village mainly by men and sometimes also by women to run in the election. This year's winner of messing about with her and making a lot of the title of mayor was a cat named Sweet Tart. hysterical noises,” he said. Tyssen says he has The runner-up—elected vice mayor—was dog to make regular repairs to the hedge because of Diablo Shapiro, and puppy Punkin Anderson the damage done to it by those he calls Harder was named second vice mayor. In what “lowlifes.” He has considered putting up a sign might be construed as a controversial move, or installing an alarm system to discourage the committee in charge of the election further incidents. The hedge has been created a new title, special assistant for fowl maintained by Tyssen for nearly 40 years and affairs, to bestow upon a chicken named Penny has carried a number of shapes, including a and appointed a goat called Harley to the monster and a Greek god. office of press secretary. The positions are reportedly ceremonial for the most part, Dateline: United States however Mayor Sweet Tart will be expected to Amazon's facial recognition software appear at meetings with the mayors of incorrectly matched 28 members of Congress neighboring towns and social functions. with mugshots. Last week, the ACLU released Council members will remain in office for the results of a test it conducted to evaluate three-year terms. Voters were required to pay the accuracy of “Rekognition,” a facial $1 to participate in the elections. Proceeds recognition AI developed by Amazon and sold went to support the historical society. The to a number of law enforcement organizations. mayor has yet to comment on the race. As part of the test, the group compared the photos of all 535 members of Congress to a Dateline: Colombia database of 25,000 publicly available arrest A police drug-sniffing dog has been transferred photos using Rekognition's default settings. to a new post after a drug gang placed a bounty According to the results, 28 lawmakers were on her head. BBC reports that Sombra, a mistakenly identified as people who had police German shepherd who has gained committed a crime. Legislators who were notoriety for finding a record amount of drugs incorrectly matched to mugshots included in her career, was moved from her usual beat Republicans and Democrats, but people of in Turbo in the Urabá region of Colombia—a color were disproportionately represented. strategically critical area with sea access—to According to the press release, people of color the country's largest airport in Bogotá. Police make up around 20 percent of Congress, but officials say the transfer was made because the people of color made up 40 percent of those dog's life is in danger. According to reports, mismatched by the AI. Among those Colombia's most influential drug gang, the mismatched were six members of the Urabeños, are offering a bounty of 200m-pesos Congressional Black Caucus, including civil ($70,000) for the dog's assassination.