■MEXICO
Escaped hippo killed
A 1,100kg hippopotamus that escaped from a private zoo has been shot to death after more than a month on the run in the countryside. An official with the animal protection agency said on Thursday the hippo was shot at least twice the previous day near a river outside the town of Alamo in Veracruz state. Witnesses told reporters that police fired the shots while trying to capture it. Enrique Lobato, the animal protection official, said the hippo escaped from a ranch early last month. He said the owner had a permit to keep the animal but faces fines for not keeping it in the right living conditions.
■UNITED STATES
La-Z-Boy driver guilty
A Minnesota man has pleaded guilty to driving his motorized La-Z-Boy chair while drunk. A criminal complaint said 62-year-old Dennis LeRoy Anderson told police he left a bar in the northern Minnesota town of Proctor on his chair after drinking eight or nine beers. Prosecutors said Anderson’s blood alcohol content was 0.29, more than three times the legal limit, when he crashed into a parked vehicle in August last year. He was not seriously injured. Police said the chair was powered by a converted lawnmower and had a stereo and cup holders. Sixth Judicial District Judge Heather Sweetland on Monday sentenced him to 180 days in jail and two years of probation, the Duluth News Tribune reported. His attorney, David Keegan, did not immediately return a call for comment.
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