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NY man sues White Castle, saying booths are too small

COLUMBUS

A New York man is suing White Castle claiming the booths in one of its hamburger restaurants are too small.

Martin Kessman says in the federal lawsuit filed last week that he was embarrassed in 2009 when he tried squeezing his 6-foot, 290-pound frame into the seating at a White Castle in Nanuet, N.Y. He says he slammed his knee into a metal post under the table and was in pain.

The lawsuit claims the restaurant could not accommodate a customer of Kessman’s stature, in violation of the Americans With Disabilities Act.

The suit seeks an unspecified financial judgment.

Spokesman Jamie Richardson at White Castle headquarters in Columbus, Ohio, says the restaurant is being replaced and that the new one will have roomier seating.

SC school district moves bus stop from strip club

MYRTLE BEACH, S.C.

Officials in eastern South Carolina are moving a school bus stop that was by a strip club after parents complained.

WPDE-TV reports children had to wait in the parking lot of a strip club in Atlantic Beach to catch the school bus.

Misty Umphries, a mother who waits at the stop with her children, says she had to explain to her 4-year-old the meaning of “topless.”

Horry County transportation director Jim Wright previously said the stop was the central point of four blocks it needed to accommodate. Wright was concerned that moving the stop to a community center that parents suggested would require some children to walk farther.

District officials have since decided to create two bus stops in the area. Neither is at the strip club

Appearance of Hot Dog Man statue mystifies police

COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa

A Hot Dog Man statue that suddenly appeared in one Iowa town has mystified police, who would relish information about it.

The Daily Nonpareil in Council Bluffs reported that a concerned citizen called police there last week to report a man in a hot dog costume near a bus stop where children congregate.

When officers arrived, they found the man was actually a 6-foot-tall statue, with spindly legs and a pair of high-top sneakers. Its hands are missing, and a U.S. flag is draped across its back.

The statue has been spotted elsewhere in the city, but police Capt. Terry LeMaster says no one knows anything about it or where it came from. It is being stored at the police department until someone claims it.

Associated Press