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Woman pays $200 bill with coins; town says no more

ERIE, Pa.

A Pennsylvania township is asking residents to keep the change.

Officials in Millcreek Township, along with its water and sewer authorities, have adopted a policy limiting how much change they’ll accept from residents paying sewer bills and other fees.

David Sterrett, executive director of the authorities, tells the Erie Times-News that officials came up with the policy after a woman showed up last month with a shoebox full of nickels, dimes and quarters to pay a $200 sewer bill.

Sterrett says it took four employees an hour to count, sort and put the money into paper sleeves.

The new policy limits residents to using $10 in unrolled coins or $20 in rolled coins when paying bills.

Priest touches off anger after toy complaints

WARSAW, Poland

A Roman Catholic priest has touched off a controversy in Poland after news media quoted him describing toys such as LEGO’s Monster Fighters as tools of Satan that lead children to the “dark side.”

The Super Express tabloid quoted the Rev. Slawomir Kostrzewa urging parents to dump the LEGO series and those of several other firms. The remarks at a Sunday service in the town of Wolsztyn touched off discussion in predominantly Catholic Poland, which holds priests in high esteem.

Mainstream newspapers seized on the report, as did state radio. Parents took to Twitter to mock him.

In remarks Friday to The Associated Press, Kostrzewa denied having referred to Satan but insists the toys are scary, undermining harmony and security.

LEGO spokesman Roar Trangbaek insists the toys are fun and playful.

No tacos for you: New York restaurant chain ‘bans’ Putin

BUFFALO, N.Y.

Hey Putin, don’t even think about ordering a Super Mighty in Buffalo.

Mighty Taco, a Buffalo-based chain of Mexican fast-foot restaurants, has banned Russian President Vladimir Putin from all of the company’s 23 locations in western New York.

The company, known for its quirky ads, announced on social media this week that effective immediately, Putin is banned from Mighty Taco for seizing Crimea from Ukraine. Mighty Taco’s posting says Putin may be ordering around Crimea, but he won’t be ordering a Super Mighty, one of the chain’s most-popular menu items.

The posting, which features a red-tinted photo of a gesticulating Putin, says he’ll be “welcomed back” at Mighty Taco when he stops acting like a bully and “picking on people.”

Associated Press