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Miss. man buys 150 pizzas from Mass. restaurant

STOUGHTON, Mass.

A Mississippi man who grew up in Massachusetts goes to great lengths for a good pizza.

About 1,400 miles to be exact.

David Schuler returned to Jackson, Miss., last weekend with 150 pies from the Town Spa in his home town of Stoughton, just outside Boston.

It’s a tradition he started years ago when he couldn’t find a good slice in Mississippi.

The 150 frozen, vacuum-sealed pies he returned with was a record for him. They cost $1,200.

He made the 16-state trek in 24 hours, munching on Town Spa pizzas he kept on the passenger seat.

Restaurant manager Kerry Hughes tells The Enterprise of Brockton he ships pizzas as far as California and Florida, but Schuler is his best out-of-state customer.

Fake pterodactyl nabs surfer in statue prank

CARDIFF-BY-THE-SEA, Calif.

A bronze surfer statue near San Diego that’s been the target of many gags has been hit again.

Unknown pre-dawn pranksters Saturday constructed an elaborate scene of a pterodactyl seemingly about to pluck the sculpture of a young surfer off his board. The pranksters placed a painted backdrop of a volcanic eruption behind the surfer statue.

The Los Angeles Times reports crowds of gawkers and photographers gathered around the 16-foot creation after the sun rose.

Last year, someone surrounded the roadside statue in Cardiff-by-the-Sea with a papier-m ¢ch model of a great white shark that appeared to be swallowing it whole.

The $120,000 sculpture called “Magic Carpet Ride” has been derided by local surfers who criticize the boy’s pose as too awkward.

The statue has been bedecked with bras, skirts and witch hats so often that locals have come to call it “The Cardiff Kook.”

Brazil prison uses geese as alarm system

S £O PAULO

An overcrowded prison in northeastern Brazil has added a new layer of security against escapes: two geese.

Sobral prison warden Wellington Picanco tells the G1 news website the geese make a lot of noise when they sense “strange movements.”

He says the geese roaming the prison grounds also will help alert guards to the outbreak of violence among rival gangs at the overcrowded facility.

The prison was built to hold 153 inmates. It currently holds 255.

Calls to the prison for more details went unanswered.

Associated Press