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Oregon man looking for Neb. casino gets detox stay

LINCOLN, Neb.

An Oregon man pressed his luck one too many times and spent the night in a Nebraska detox cell after twice mistaking a police station for a casino and asking authorities for blackjack chips.

The Lincoln Journal Star reports the 21-year-old man approached the University of Nebraska-Lincoln police station front desk after a college football game Saturday night. He left after a staffer told him it was a police station but returned a few minutes later.

That’s when an officer administered a blood alcohol test, which registered at 0.273 percent — more than triple the state’s legal driving limit.

Police took him into protective custody while he sobered up. A police sergeant said the man had not committed a crime and was not arrested.

Bear of a burglary nets stuffed Pennsylvania bruin

UNIONTOWN, Pa.

Police are searching for whoever pulled off a bear of a burglary at a western Pennsylvania bar.

Uniontown police say five patrons pushed an 8-foot mounted bear over a second-floor railing at the Eagle’s Nest bar early Sunday.

The men fled in a pickup truck, and the bear, which weighs as much as 800 pounds, was moved near a side door of the establishment.

But the next morning, it was gone.

The bar’s owner says the bear had been professionally mounted in Alaska and was worth about $10,000.

Police say the bear and the outside steps had been damaged when the mounted animal was thrown over the railing.

Anyone who knows the bears whereabouts is asked to contact Uniontown police.

Akron Children’s ‘OMG!’ billboard draws complaint

AKRON

An Ohio hospital is promising it will stop using the text-speak abbreviation “OMG” in its advertising, after complaints from a blogger and her minister father.

Akron Children’s Hospital put up a billboard in Northeast Ohio that read, “OMG! There’s an Akron Children’s ER in Montrose!” That’s a reference to a suburban area.

WKYC-TV reports Cindy Orley felt the use of OMG was disrespectful to God and expressed that view on her blog. She says she was “completely disgusted” by the ad.

Spokeswoman Beth Smith says the hospital didn’t mean to offend anyone and thought it was using “common vernacular” used by mothers, who were the sign’s intended target.

The billboard in the Montrose area already was scheduled to come down Oct. 2.

Associated Press