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Search for old Atari games to go on in New Mexico

ALAMOGORDO, N.M.

Organizers say a planned dig into a New Mexico landfill for a rumored cache of what some consider the worst Atari video game of all time is expected to proceed despite state environmental regulators’ concerns.

Fuel Entertainment and LightBox Interactive are seeking to excavate an old Alamogordo landfill that reportedly was a dumping ground for “E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial” game cartridges.

Jonathan Chinn, an executive producer at Los Angeles-based LightBox, said Thursday that the search hasn’t been halted.

Chinn says a local waste-management consultant who filed an excavation permit is addressing questions raised by the New Mexico Environmental Department.

A department spokesman has said the agency was waiting on a revised waste-excavation plan.

“E.T.” the video game, inspired by the hit 1982 movie, is said to have contributed to Atari’s decline.

NC man accused of sucking on toes is arrested

LINCOLNTON, N.C.

Police in North Carolina have arrested a man accused of sucking on a woman’s toes at a Walmart after convincing her that he was a podiatry student.

Authorities say Michael Anthony Brown was arrested Thursday night at his home in Concord. He was turned over to Lincolnton police. A Lincoln County magistrate set his bond at $50,000 on a charge of assault on a female. It’s wasn’t immediately known if Brown has an attorney. According to police, Brown is a registered sex offender.

Detective Dennis Harris said the woman agreed to try on several pairs of shoes at the store in Lincolnton. Harris says at some point, the man stuck her foot in his mouth. Police say when the woman became upset, the man offered to pay for her groceries.

‘How to Poo on a Date’ wins odd book-title prize

LONDON

A guide to coping with an awkward romantic moment has been awarded a prize for the year’s oddest book title.

Humorous self-help book “How to Poo on a Date: The Lovers’ Guide to Toilet Etiquette” triumphed Friday in the quirky Diagram Prize.

Organizers said the book, published by Prion Press, received 30 percent of votes in an online ballot. It beat other finalists including “Are Trout South African” and “Working Class Cats: The Bodega Cats of New York City.”

Prize director Horace Bent said voters had chosen “a manual that can help one through life’s more challenging and delicate moments.”

The prize, founded in 1978, is run by the British trade magazine The Bookseller.

Previous winners include “Bombproof Your Horse,” “Living With Crazy Buttocks” and “Crocheting Adventures with Hyperbolic Planes.”

Associated Press