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Parents in Md. use dogs to sniff out drugs at home

BALTIMORE

Forget urine tests: Parents in Maryland can hire dogs to sniff out whether their kids are using drugs.

The nonprofit group Dogs Finding Drugs uses canines that can detect even trace amounts of narcotics within seconds.

Owner Anne Willis says parents are clamoring for the service. The rate is about $200 an hour. Dogs Finding Drugs also offers its services to companies and schools.

Similar groups have popped up across the country in recent years.

Dogs Finding Drugs will not confiscate anything, nor does the group notify police.

Elizabeth Robertson of the National Institute on Drug Abuse says parents should talk to their children about potential drug problems rather than hiring a drug-sniffing dog.

1,810-pound Wis. pumpkin named world’s heaviest

NEW RICHMOND, Wis.

Guinness World Records has confirmed that a massive pumpkin grown in Wisconsin is officially the world’s heaviest.

The gourd grown this year by Chris Stevens of New Richmond tips the scales at 1,810.5 pounds.

That’s 85 pounds heavier than the previous record, a 1,725-pound pumpkin grown last year by Nick and Christy Harp of Massillon, Ohio.

Stevens’ pumpkin has a circumference of 186.5 inches, or more than 15 feet. When turned on its side, the pumpkin is more than waist-high to an average-size person.

Stevens unveiled his pumpkin earlier this month at the Stillwater Harvest Fest in Minnesota.

He said at the time his secret is a precise mixture of sunshine, rain, cow manure, fish emulsion and seaweed.

Law firm in old restaurant in Conn. keeps drive-through

MANCHESTER, Conn.

Legal service at one Connecticut firm now can be as easy to get as a hamburger and fries.

The Kocian Law Group has opened a drive-through office in a building that once housed a former Kenny Rogers Roasters.

Attorney Nick Kocian tells WVIT-TV that clients can use the drive-through at the law firm’s Manchester, Conn., site to drop off and pick up documents.

He says it’s more convenient for his clients. A paralegal works at the window, handing out documents and answering questions.

Consultations and meetings with lawyers still will be scheduled for the office.

Associated Press