Weed eaters: State and federal officials are to blame for an infestation of tiny beetles in a Portland neighborhood. The beetles were released to combat an invasive weed called purple loosestrife. They ate the weeds, then moved on to feast on other plants.
Portland’s hipster restaurants also have been hard hit by the infestation and have removed from the specials chalkboard their Purple Loosestrife Salad with Scotch Broom and Barbed Goatgrass.
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Can we clean your wallet for you? Citizens Bank, based in Rhode Island, is returning $14 million to customers for pocketing the difference when customers made errors on deposit slips.
Which explains the bank’s motto: “Bad at math? You’re our kind of customer.”
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Her hotel might want to count the towels: Police in Rochester, Minnesota, were able to locate and arrest a shoplifter who fled a store after the limousine driver who brought her to a mall told police the woman had just called him for a ride back to a luxury hotel.
We didn’t realize Minnesota was considered a vacation destination by Citizens Bank officials.
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