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Idaho farmer unknowingly tends to 300 pot plants

JEROME, Idaho

Authorities say a southern Idaho farmer unknowingly watered and fertilized more than 300 marijuana plants while tending to his cornfields.

The Jerome County sheriff’s office says the farmer found the plot of pot growing between his tall, green stalks of unripened corn early Monday and called authorities.

The sheriff’s office says the 314 low-grade marijuana plants are valued at $628,000 and would have been ready for plucking in the next month or so — just before the corn harvest.

A detective says the pot was started from seed and relocated to the field, a common way marijuana growers hide their plants.

Authorities have ruled out the farmer as a suspect, saying there have been at least two other similar reports in the past year.

Video shows woman smashing window over McNuggets

TOLEDO

A security video from a McDonald’s in Ohio shows a woman punching two restaurant employees and smashing a drive-thru window because she couldn’t get Chicken McNuggets.

The tantrum caught on tape in Toledo earlier this year shows the customer reaching through the drive-thru window, slugging one worker and then another. She then grabs a bottle out of her car and tosses it through the glass window before speeding off.

It happened early New Year’s Day. Police say Melodi Dushane was angry that McNuggets weren’t being served because it was breakfast time.

Dushane says she was drunk at the time. She was sentenced to 60 days in jail last month and ordered to pay McDonald’s for the broken window.

The video was released Monday when it became public record.

Oregon residents report glow-in-the dark shrimp

NEWPORT, Ore.

People who bought pink shrimp at some Oregon stores are reporting that it glows in the dark.

Experts tell The Register-Guard that they shouldn’t worry because it’s due to certain marine bacteria that can cause shrimp and other seafood to appear luminescent. They say it’s not a health risk and does not indicate mishandling during processing.

Specialists at Oregon State University Sea Grant Extension say the bacteria can grow at refrigerator temperatures, especially on seafood products to which salt was added during processing.

Associated Press