Oddities spotted in the news

[robkelk]

Since they're not really worth their own threads but are worth bringing to people's attention (for an elastic definition of "worth"), here's a thread for oddities from the news.

Please, actual stories only - no "hey, look at that silly person" pieces.

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http://www.cbc.ca/radio/asithappens/as- ... -1.3920989]She didn't have a horse, so this New Zealand teen rides her cow instead

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-c ... -1.3917174]'Real-life Pokémon' growing in popularity as pets, despite restrictions

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/prince-ed ... -1.3919228]Will P.E.I. be the first to fall in the zombie apocalypse?
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Rob Kelk
"Governments have no right to question the loyalty of those who oppose
them. Adversaries remain citizens of the same state, common subjects of
the same sovereign, servants of the same law."

- Michael Ignatieff, addressing Stanford University in 2012