ODDLY ENOUGH

ODDLY ENOUGH

New Clooney movie credits Michigan but skips Ohio

CINCINNATI

The fictional Ohio primary candidate in George Clooney’s new movie probably wouldn’t give Michigan credit and overlook the Buckeye State. But that’s what the film itself does.

The closing credits for “Ides of March” say it was “filmed on location in Michigan,” though it’s also loaded with familiar southwest Ohio locales including Miami and Xavier universities and Cincinnati’s Fountain Square.

The Cincinnati Enquirer reported that producer Grant Heslov calls the omission of Ohio a mistake “that slipped through the cracks.” He says it will be corrected for home- entertainment versions.

In the film, Cincinnati-area native Clooney plays a presidential candidate involved in a drama on the eve of the Ohio Democratic primary.

Inmates blamed for sewage spill that damaged homes

BRIGHTON, Colo.

Officials in a Colorado city are blaming a sewage spill that damaged homes on jail inmates who flushed things down cell toilets.

The city of Brighton and Adams County say they’ll pay for the cleanup for some homeowners.

Resident Audrey Gress says part of her home had to be stripped to the frame to eliminate the contamination. She says sewage poured in from the air vents, filling her basement and bathrooms.

KCNC-TV reported that the city says it wasn’t aware of the sewage line problems until the line got clogged.

City officials say the spill came from the Adams County Jail because inmates were stuffing things in toilets. They didn’t elaborate or say how many homes were damaged.

Brighton is about 25 miles northeast of Denver, and about 55 miles south of Fort Collins.

Dutch trains substitute plastic bags for bathrooms

AMSTERDAM

The Dutch national railway has an unusual solution for passengers who need the bathroom on a train line designed without them: plastic bags.

The rail operator underlined that the bags, introduced recently, are for use in emergencies only, when a train has stopped and passengers can’t be evacuated. The idea has been met with incredulity by politicians and the general public already unhappy with the short-haul “Sprinter” trains’ bathroomless design.

NS spokesman Eric Trinthamer confirmed that the “pee-bag” plan is not a joke. The bags are kept out of sight in the conductor’s booth.

The bags have a cup-shaped plastic top and contain a highly absorbent material that turns urine into a gel mixture. After use, the bags can be sealed and thrown in the trash.

Associated Press