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Police say SC woman put a gun on grave to clear spirit

SPARTANBURG, S.C.

Some people lay flowers or notes at graves. A woman in South Carolina left a handgun.

Police in the northwestern county of Spartanburg say a 28-year-old woman who hadn’t been feeling well consulted a spiritual adviser, who told her she needed to return something that was given to her to cleanse her soul.

So the woman left a .45-caliber handgun in a box at a man’s grave at Good Shepherd Memorial Gardens. She told police the man had given her the weapon about 12 years ago and she hoped by returning it that she would feel better.

After police discovered the gun, the woman told them she wanted it to be destroyed.

Police are storing the gun at the sheriff’s office. No charges have been filed.

Pet-lover outrage halts pet exhumations in Montana

HELENA, Mont.

Officials responsible for a Montana pet cemetery are backing off a proposal to exhume and cremate its occupants after some of the pet owners threatened to chain themselves to the front gates.

The 1.3-acre Arley Burt Pet Cemetery in Helena is the final resting place for some 1,200 dogs, cats, rabbits and hamsters buried between 1972 and 1993.

Gina Wiest of the Lewis and Clark Humane Society says the organization considered exhuming the pets in the cemetery adjacent to its shelter because of a new hotel going up nearby.

But the hotel owner tells the Independent Record that she’s OK with the land’s current use. And the Helena city attorney says the Humane Society leases the land from the city, and the town has no plans to disturb the grounds.

Who ya gonna call after party’s over? Hangover Helpers

BOULDER, Colo.

Your head aches, you’re hungry and your house is littered with sticky plastic cups. Who ya gonna call? Hangover Helpers.

Two University of Colorado graduates are marketing a new business by that name in Boulder, home of CU’s main campus. They’ll bring in breakfast burritos and Gatorade the morning after a party — and clean up the mess.

The Daily Camera in Boulder reports that Marc Simons started cleaning party houses about a year ago for extra cash and realized he’d found a niche, despite the bad economy.

He teamed up with high-school friend Alex Vere-Nicoll and started Hangover Helpers.

They charge $15 per roommate.

They’re already getting some calls but expect business to pick up in spring, Boulder’s prime party season.

Associated Press