Subscribe | UPI Odd Newsletter Subscribe Woman finds frog in bag of greens GILMER, Texas, Nov. 5 (UPI) -- Wal-Mart has agreed to reimburse a Texas woman who said she discovered a dead frog in the bag of greens she purchased at one of the chain's stores. Advertisement Carla Hill of Gilmer said she spotted the frog when she poured the "Glory Foods" greens she purchased at a Wal-Mart in Longview into a pot, KLTV in Tyler reported. "I was putting the greens in the pot -- I'm like, 'Oh my God! I see eyes in my greens! Oh, it's a frog!' I just screamed. I was just hysterical. I hate frogs and I definitely don't want them in my greens," Hill said. A Wal-Mart spokeswoman said Hill will be reimbursed for the bag of greens. "Thank you for bringing this to our attention," the spokeswoman told KLTV. "We believe this is an isolated incident and are working directly with the customer to learn more." Advertisement -0- Medical marijuana school teaches growing HILLSBORO, Ore., Nov. 5 (UPI) -- Organizers of a medical marijuana "university" in Oregon said the program has helped dozens of people learn how to grow cannabis and use it to manage illness. The Oregon Medical Cannabis University, which opened last month in Hillsboro, offers classes and contains community centers where students can access the drug, KPTV, Portland, Ore., reported. "We've had people with cancer, Parkinson's, broken bones. We had a guy with hip surgery who was in a wheelchair when he came here and (now) he's walking around with a cane," said Claudia Lavander, the university's president. Lavander said owners fund the school but they hope eventually to fund classes with membership payments. -0- Women hold signs in plea bargain BEDFORD, Pa., Nov. 5 (UPI) -- Two Pennsylvania women held signs along a roadside branding themselves as thieves as part of a plea bargain for taking gift cards from a young girl. Tina Griekspoor, 35, and her mother Evelyn Border, 56, both of Bedford, held signs Tuesday on the corner of Penn and Juliana streets in Bedford reading, "I stole from a 9-year-old on her birthday," the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review reported. The women agreed to the humiliation-based punishment suggested by Bedford County Assistant District Attorney Travis Livengood as part of their plea bargain for theft of mislaid property. Livengood said he is recommending probation in the place of jail time as part of the agreement. Advertisement The women were accused of taking two gift cards they said they discovered at Wal-Mart. The owner, a 9-year-old girl celebrating her birthday, told investigators she set the cards on a shelf while speaking to a Wal-Mart employee. "There's three goals to this: punishment, rehabilitation and deterring of future crimes," Livengood said. "If there's one person out there who is thinking of stealing today, they're going to think twice." -0- Town approves 3-cat limit DUDLEY, Mass., Nov. 5 (UPI) -- A Massachusetts town outlawed owning three cats without a kennel license after a man complained his neighbor's felines were hurting his lawn. Voters at a Dudley town meeting Tuesday night approved the addition of the new language to a town bylaw, which will impose a $100 per day fine for violations, after a local man complained that some of the 15 cats owned by Mary Ellen Richards had destroyed his grass, the Worcester (Mass.) Telegram & Gazette reported. Richards said at the town meeting she plans to put her house up for sale and move to a "more cat-friendly community."
