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Maine wholesaler acquires rare four-clawed lobster

PORTLAND, Maine

A Portland seafood wholesaler has acquired a lobster that will never see the dinner table despite having double the usual amount of claw meat.

Ready Seafood Co. bought the lobster with four fully formed claws from a Canadian dealer. Three claws are on one arm and one is on the other. Lobsters normally have two claws.

Ready Seafood’s in-house marine biologist Curt Brown says he’s never seen a four-clawed lobster in more than a decade in the business. He says a genetic mutation caused the extra claws.

The lobster arrived at Ready Seafood on Sunday.

The crustacean will be handed over to the state Department of Marine Resources. Brown says he’ll suggest they try to breed it.

Brown says his wife has named the lobster “Clawdette.”

Hamas burns 15 tons of Snickers bars after recall

GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip

Fifteen tons of Snickers chocolate bars have met a sticky end in Gaza.

Islamic Hamas authorities hurled boxes of the peanut-chocolate candy bar into a bomb crater Thursday, dousing them with diesel fuel and lighting them in a crackling bonfire after a company recall.

Confectionery giant Mars recalled sweets from its Netherlands factory last month after “a small piece of red plastic” was found in a Snickers bar.

Three children from a nearby Bedouin encampment managed to snatch some of the chocolate bars before they melted away.

Israel has maintained tight restrictions on imports to the Gaza Strip since the militant Islamic group Hamas violently took over the enclave in 2007. Chocolate is exempt from the restrictions, and Gaza should be able to restock its Snickers supply soon.

Police: Trucker used fishing line to flip plate in toll scam

FORT LEE, N.J.

Police say a truck driver used fishing line to flip his license plate in a bid to avoid paying tolls into New York City.

A police officer says he saw 41-year-old Javier Marte of Yonkers, N.Y., drive through a George Washington Bridge electronic toll lane without the toll registering Wednesday night.

Police stopped his truck and found a fishing line rigged from the cab to a hinge on the front license plate. They say the line could flip the plate out of view going through the toll plaza. They also say the rear license plate was bent up to defeat security cameras.

Marte is accused of tampering with public records and theft of services. It’s not known if he has a lawyer who can comment.

Associated Press