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Dubai’s Islamic authorities issue fatwa against WiFi theft

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates

Dubai’s top religious authorities say that stealing WiFi from your neighbor would not be proper Islamic conduct.

That’s according to a religious edict – known as a fatwa – from Dubai’s Islamic Affairs & Charitable Activities Department. It was available online on the department’s website recently as a response to a question asked by an anonymous reader.

The edict says: “There is nothing wrong in using the line if your neighbors allow you to do so, but if they’d don’t allow you, you may not use it.”

The fatwa matches others issued by other regional clerics in recent years.

Dubai’s Islamic Affairs & Charitable Activities Department answers a variety of online questions. They range from prayers and religious matters to modern issues such as cosmetic surgeries and illegally downloading movies.

Man turns himself in on charge of stealing TV in 1989

NORWALK, Conn.

Police say a man charged with stealing a television in Connecticut 27 years ago flew from his Florida home and voluntarily turned himself in last weekend after recently learning there was a warrant out for this arrest.

Police in Norwalk, Conn., tell The Hour newspaper that 60-year-old Randy Iannacone, of Port St. Lucie, Fla., arrived at headquarters recently with the letter notifying him of the warrant.

Iannacone was arrested and charged with third-degree larceny. He was released with a promise to appear in court this week.

The charge stemmed from the 1989 theft of a television from the Norwalk Jewish Center, where Iannacone worked as a custodian.

Lt. Paul Resnick says it was “pretty cool” that Iannacone turned himself in.

Iannacone didn’t immediately respond to the paper’s requests for a comment.

Rock ramps at North Texas park help turtles exit the water

BEDFORD, Texas

Some turtles having a tough time crawling out of an updated North Texas pond can now use special exit ramps.

The Fort Worth Star-Telegram reported Thursday that the small lake at Boys Ranch Park in Bedford was lined with concrete and has steeper embankments. The reptiles were having a tough time getting in and out of the water.

City workers have installed three exit ramps made of rocks to make navigation easier for the turtles and other animals, including ducks.

City spokeswoman Natalie Foster says the plan originally called for one ramp for turtles, then workers realized that wasn’t enough.

The small turtle ramps measure about 5 feet long and 2 feet wide.

Associated Press