Subscribe | UPI Odd Newsletter Subscribe Japanese bra grows rice TOKYO, May 12 (UPI) -- A Japanese company said it is celebrating rising interest in agriculture among the country's women with a bra that grows rice. Advertisement Triumph, which last year created a bra with food bowls to remind busy women to eat, said its latest creation features pots instead of cups and fastens with seedlings and a plastic water hose, Britain's The Sun reported Wednesday. Company officials said the bra, which grows rice, is aimed at raising awareness of food self-sufficiency and inspiring women to consider farming. "Over the last year, young Japanese women have taken a tremendous interest in agriculture," Triumph official Yoshiko Masuda said. "We wanted other women to experience farming as well. That's what inspired this bra." $250,000 in sexy goods stolen from truck PLYMOUTH, Mich., May 12 (UPI) -- Michigan police said they are searching for more than $250,000 worth of adult merchandise, including lingerie and sex toys, stolen along with a delivery truck. Advertisement Plymouth Township police said the driver discovered the truck missing Monday morning and the vehicle was recovered later in the day, but without the Lover's Lane products inside, WDIV-TV, Detroit, reported Wednesday. Lover's Lane Marketing Specialist Eric Gorde said the pilfered items include "lingerie, dancewear, club wear, toys, lube and all kinds of romantic stuff." "We had 20 stores we were going to deliver to, so this truck was packed," Gorde said. "By the time we got our driver out here Monday morning, it was all gone, the truck included." Police said they are keeping watch for the merchandise on eBay and black market outlets. Lover's Lane said it is offering a reward for information leading to the arrest of the thief or thieves. Police: Teen used cucumber to smoke pot LINCOLN, Neb., May 12 (UPI) -- Police in Nebraska said they arrested a teenager who allegedly used an apple and a hollowed-out cucumber as marijuana smoking devices. Lincoln Police Officer Katie Flood said School Resource Officer Brian Ward of Lincoln Southeast High School approached a car containing two 16-year-olds about 12:25 p.m. Monday and smelled marijuana coming from the vehicle, the Lincoln (Neb.) Journal Star reported Wednesday. Advertisement Ward discovered an apple and the hollowed-out cucumber in the car, Flood said. She said both produce items contained burnt marijuana. Flood said police regularly encounter apples used to smoke marijuana but the cucumber was a first for city authorities. Police said the 16-year-old in the driver's seat claimed ownership of the items and he was arrested on suspicion of possession of marijuana and possession of drug paraphernalia. Suspect fled in only socks, shackles LAKE WALES, Fla., May 12 (UPI) -- Authorities in Florida said an armed robbery suspect who fled a hospital wearing only socks and shackles on his ankles was recaptured near the facility. The Polk County Sheriff's Office said Bradley Norris, 20, was out of jail for medical treatment at Lake Wales Medical Center around midday Tuesday and asked Detention Deputy Michelle Threatt if he could use the bathroom, the Orlando (Fla.) Sentinel reported Wednesday. Threatt shackled Norris' ankles in accordance with protocol but the suspect, who was arrested on charges including armed robbery and aggravated battery, attacked the deputy. The sheriff's office said Norris struck Threatt in the head and his hospital gown was torn off during the struggle. Norris fled wearing only his socks and the shackles while the deputy gave chase despite "bleeding profusely," the sheriff's office report said. Advertisement Norris was arrested by police about 300 yards from the hospital, near the Lake Wales Art Center.
