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Man fined over graffiti proposal doesn’t regret it

SHEFFIELD LAKE, Ohio

A man who spray-painted a marriage proposal on an Ohio shopping center has been fined for criminal mischief and sentenced to community service but says he doesn’t regret it.

After all, she said yes.

The Chronicle-Telegram in Elyria reports a magistrate in Sheffield Lake told 23-year-old Kyle Stump that the more traditional down-on-one-knee proposal might have been preferable.

Stump says he thinks authorities overreacted.

Stump pleaded no contest last week in mayor’s court in Sheffield Lake, about 20 miles west of Cleveland. He was ordered to pay more than $300 in restitution for cleaning the wall, and his community service might include painting fire hydrants.

The mayor says romantic gesture or not, it’s still a crime with a penalty.

Coloring book with Hitler image pulled from stores

THE HAGUE, Netherlands

A chain of Dutch stores has apologized after inadvertently selling children’s coloring books featuring an image of Adolf Hitler.

The Kruidvat chain of drugstores posted a statement on its website saying the coloring books, which went on sale last week, were immediately pulled from shelves after the discovery of an “inappropriate image.”

The image shows Hitler giving a Nazi salute. On his left arm is a red band with a swastika.

Without directly referring to Hitler, the company says it is investigating how the image got into the books “despite various checks of the content.”

Machete cuts off man’s hand, but it gets reattached

LOWELL, Mass.

A Massachusetts man whose hand was cut off by a machete during a fight has had it reattached, and authorities say the suspect has been ordered held without bail.

The Sun reports that police responded to a Lowell public housing project April 5. Prosecutors said officers at first found only the hand because the victim ran away screaming.

His family told authorities the hand was reattached at a hospital.

The suspect, 54-year-old Domingo Ayala, was ordered held without bail April 6 pending a hearing to determine whether he is dangerous. He faces charges including assault and battery with a dangerous weapon.

Associated Press