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Officer peels bag of pot from man's head

LEBANON, Pa., Oct. 19 (UPI) -- A Lebanon, Pa., man was arrested on drug charges after a police officer peeled a plastic bag of marijuana from his forehead, officials said.

Cesar Lopez, 29, walked away from the washroom in a Lebanon convenience store last weekend, intently examining the band of his cap, which he held in his hand, the Lebanon Daily News reported Sunday.

As he neared the officer, Lopez looked up. Police said the officer took the bag, which was stuck to Lopez's forehead, and asked, "Is this what you're looking for?"

Lopez faces charges of possession of a small quantity of marijuana and possession of drug paraphernalia.

Beer ads star 'Ho White' and dwarfs

SYDNEY, Oct. 16 (UPI) -- An Australian beer company has landed itself in Disney's cross hairs with an ad campaign featuring the likeness of Snow White in bed with semi-nude dwarfs.

The Foundry, brewers of Jamieson's Raspberry Ale, said the "Ho White" campaign, based on characters from Disney's 1937 animated film, "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs," is designed to convince consumers the beverage is "anything but sweet," The (Sydney, Australia) Daily Telegram reported Friday.

The campaign, which includes advertisements online and in bars, features "Ho White" blowing smoke rings while in bed with dwarfs the company named "Filthy," "Smarmy" and "Randy."

But the ads have drawn the attention of unhappy Disney Co. officials, the Telegram said. The Foundry said it has had "a little bit of contact" with Disney officials about the Snow White likeness used in the campaign.

Bear's hams on Hamm's beer

HAYWARD, Wis., Oct. 19 (UPI) -- A bear wandered into a Hayward, Wis., grocery store and sat down on top of a stock of Hamm's beer, the store manager said.

The 18-month-old, 125-pound bear had run across a street to get into the store Thursday, the Eau Claire (Wis.) Leader-Telegram reported.

"At first, it ran into the door, but then (the door) opened, and it went inside. It seemed really scared," said Tino Becker, 16, a German foreign-exchange high school student.

Becker called the police.

"The standing joke up here was that it was the 'Hamm's bear,'" said Jon LeBlanc, the store's manager. "We like to say the Hamm's bear returned to the beer," he added, referring to the cartoon bear in Hamm's long-ago television commercials.

Police arrived, along with an employee, armed with a tranquilizer gun, from the Wilderness Walk Zoo and Recreation Park near Hayward, LeBlanc said.

Officials removed the tranquilized bear, which had been in the store around 75 minutes, and turned it over to the state Department of Natural Resources.

Men don women's shoes for N.Y. event

IRONDEQUOIT, N.Y., Oct. 18 (UPI) -- Some men participating in the "Walk a Mile in Her Shoes" event in Irondequoit, N.Y., said donning women's shoes for the charity event was no walk in the park.

Matt Coleman, 33, of Webster, N.Y., said the pair of Andrea Jovine pumps he wore for Saturday's walk offered him a rare insight into the physical toll behind certain women's fashions, the Rochester (N.Y.) Democrat and Chronicle reported Sunday.

"I don't know how women do this all day," Coleman said. "When you get a 240-pound guy in these, they can hurt."

Irondequoit resident Alan Bowden, 25, added to his female footwear with a dress courtesy of a lost wager with his office workers.

"I told the people in my office, 'If you raise $200, I'll do (the walk) in a dress,'" the law firm worker said. "They ended up raising $375."

The Democrat and Chronicle said Saturday's event at a high school running track serves as a fundraiser for Alternatives for Battered Women, which operates a shelter for abused women.