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Bizarre but true stories about real people collected by syndicated columnist Chuck Shepherd.
The Christian Diocese of Mizoram in northeast India, which was established by Welsh Presbyterian missionaries who worked the area from 1840 to around 1960, announced in March that it would send a missionary back to Wales because it was clear that the Welsh are in serious spiritual decline. “The Mizos,” said Rev. Zosang Colney, “have a burden to do something for their Mother Church in Wales,” since fewer than 1 in 10 Welsh regularly attend services.
What Goes Around, Comes Around:
–England’s Norwich Union insurance company reached a settlement in January with its employee Linda Riley over her workplace injuries. Riley had tripped over a pile of claim forms in the office.
–Protesters filed a lawsuit against New York City recently, raising familiar complaints about police behavior: that NYPD harassed peaceful demonstrators during a 2004 rally, herded participants into pens, and intimidated speakers and supporters with threats. However, the plaintiff in this lawsuit is the police officers’ union, whose members were protesting the slow pace of contract negotiations with the city.
Not Your Father’s Hell’s Angels: Police were investigating the Hell’s Angels chapter in Stockholm, Sweden, in February after 70 members claimed government benefits for being “depressed.” Police said the gang had largely abandoned its reliance on shootouts and bomb attacks and moved into crimes like tax fraud.
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