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No beer for nude Tennessee store customer

HENDERSONVILLE, Tenn., March 25 (UPI) -- A Tennessee man arrested buying beer at a convenience store was old enough to purchase alcohol -- he was just missing his clothes.

James Golden, 48, Hendersonville, told police he thought the clerk might appreciate it if he "went into the store nude" earlier this month, according to an affidavit filed by officers.

The clerk at the Stop N Buy apparently didn't and Golden later apologized, the Hendersonville (Tenn.) Star News said Wednesday.

No word on whether Golden had the money and ID needed to acquire a six pack to go since he obviously lacked a pocket.

Sea-Tac donates 12 tons of dog food

SEATTLE, March 25 (UPI) -- The Seattle Animal Shelter has been given 12.7 tons of bagged dog food that the city's airport used to test a new airport baggage system, officials said.

The Seattle Post Intelligencer reported Wednesday that the Port of Seattle purchased 1,600 bags of dog food in June to test new baggage conveyors at Sea-Tac International Airport.

"The dog food is perfect because of the weight and the way it shifts in suitcases," Port spokeswoman Terri-Ann Betancourt said. "The manufacturer of the conveyor system actually recommended using dog food."

The newspaper noted that the $40,000 in dog food was paid for by the airport's capital improvement project

budget.

After luggage conveyor systems at Sea-Tac were certified in October, the bags of dog food were warehoused.

"We probably would have gotten rid of it sooner had the snowstorms in November and December not happened," Betancourt said. "After all that we said, 'Hey, we have all this dog food.'"

The Seattle Animal Shelter is expected to give the bulk of the dog food to area food lockers who can in turn give it to needy dog owners, the newspaper reported.

"I'm not sure what the plan for distribution is yet," Northwest Harvest spokeswoman Claire Acey said. "But I can tell you for clients, particularly at the Cherry Street Food Bank in Seattle, their pets are tremendously important to them. We get a lot of requests for dog food.

'Spider-Man' firefighter rescues boy

BANGKOK, March 25 (UPI) -- A fast-thinking Bangkok firefighter with a superhero costume handy is being credited with rescuing an 11-year-old autistic child from a third-floor balcony.

Asia News Network reported Tuesday that the boy's mother had told authorities her son liked superhero characters and so the firefighter, whose name wasn't revealed, rushed to grab the Spider-Man costume he kept at the fire station.

The sight of Spider-Man offering him a glass of juice brought a smile to the boy's face and he went to the superhero and embraced him.

A teacher said the boy had been crying because he was upset during his first day at school and his mother had been late picking him up, the network said.

The firefighter kept the costume on hand to entertain children during fire drills.

Urine-squirting charges dropped

WILLMAR, Minn., March 25 (UPI) -- A Minnesota man who sprayed mischievous teenagers with a squirt gun loaded with watered-down fox urine won't be prosecuted after all, authorities say.

The West Central Tribune in Willmar reported Wednesday that the remaining charges against Scott Edward Wagar have been ordered dismissed for insufficient probable cause.

The Willmar-area man was charged last September after the teens accused him of squirting them during a homecoming prank at his home involving eggs and toilet paper.

Kandiyohi County prosecutor Boyd Beccue and defense attorney Doug Kluver agreed District Judge Michael J. Thompson made the right decision this week when he tossed the charges against Wagar.

Still to be resolved, however, is the case against Wagar's 24-year-old son, Thomas, who is still faces a felony charge of receiving stolen property related to night-vision goggles used in the squirt gun incident. His next court appearance will be April 24.