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Musa Hasahya Ka- sera, 68, has a problem, but he admits it stems from his own irresponsibility, Yahoo! News reported.
Prolific Pappy Of 102 Kids Ready To Call It Quits
car that crashed into a mail- box in Nashville, Tennessee, on Jan. 14 was driven by an underage motorist — really underage, as in 5 years old.
Jahmal Street and assistant coach Arlisha Boykins were fired from their positions at Churchland High School in Portsmouth, Virginia, after Boykins came off the bench asasubinaJan.21girls’JV game, The Washington Post reported.
In a Russian court, she was fined 20,000 rubles ($285) and sentenced to 13 days of “administrative arrest.” Al- though Day is in Russia on a tourist visa, she explained in court that she had a driver bring the calf to Red Square so she could “show it a beau- tiful place in our beautiful country.”
Santa Wasn’t Here
The eastern Ugandan man has 12 wives, 102 children and 578 grandchildren.
The child’s father, John Edwin Harris, 53, was seen by a witness grabbing the kid and running from the scene, police said. Officers found multiple open bottles of al- cohol inside and ran the tags; when they arrived at Harris’ home, he was driving away in his wife’s car.
“At first it was a joke,” he said, “but now this has its problems. ... Two of my wives left because I could not afford the basics like food, ed- ucation, clothing.”
School officials say Boy- kins, 22, was impersonating a girl, 13, who was unavailable for the game. As a result of the incident, the team’s remain- ing games were canceled.
The Rhode Island Depart- ment of Health played along with the Cumberland, Rhode Island, police department af- ter it received a request from a little girl for DNA testing on a partially eaten cookie and some gnawed-on carrot sticks, the Associated Press reported.
Most of the family live in a house with a rusting corru- gated iron roof on a mere 2 acres of land.
He failed a field sobriety test, could barely stand up and smelled of alcohol. He was charged with DUI and leaving the scene of an accident and was released on $4,000 bond.
Churchland investigated and held meetings with play- ers and parents.
“I can only remember the name of my first and the last born, but some of the children, I can’t recall their names,” Kasera lamented.
A ‘Wheel’ Fine Mess, Dad
ILLUSTRATION BY MARK GALACGAC
“Coaches always preach to kids about integrity ... so I was just shocked,” said the father of the absent player.
Now his wives are using contraception.
Jean Merritt of Philadel- phia has a special knack for spreading goodwill. She writes letters.
“I’ ve been writing letters since I was a little girl, and never stopped,” Merritt said.
“I have learned from my ir- responsible act of producing so many children that I can’t look after,” he said.
According to Philadelphia magazine, Merritt solicits mailing addresses and then responds with a handwritten (“in meticulous cursive”) let- ter on captivating stationery. Her missive to reporter Vic-
Along with requested let- ters, she writes to people in nursing homes through Let- ters Against Isolation and to people in prisons.
Sadly, she said most people don’t write her back. But, she noted, “Doing this is also just really good for my brain.”
More Activism
American animal rights activist Alicia Day, 34, was arrested in Moscow, Russia, on Feb. 1, according to Reu- ters, after she paraded a calf through Red Square, shouting “Animals are not food!”
In other Weird happenings:
Send your weird news items with subject line WEIRD NEWS to weirdnewstips@ amuniversal.com.
Bad Dad
Coaches Tossed
WSMV-TV reported that a
“My mother collected sta-
Varsity basketball coach
The Letter Writer
tor Fiorillo mentioned that she has an overabundance of writing papers and postcards.
tionery, and I’m still using the stationery I found in her house when she died in 2011. ... I see stationery on clear- ance, and I can’t resist it.”
He said his daughter will not attend Churchland next year.
She was hoping for a con- clusive match for Santa Claus, but alas, the department said it was unable to “definitively confirm or refute the presence of Santa” in her home.
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