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Names in the News

News of the Weird by Chuck Shepherd

By News of the Weird by Chuck Shepherd

Published November 7, 2014

  Names in the News

(1) One of the three suspects in an August arrest for making fraudulent purchases at a Jupiter, Florida, shop: Ms. Cherries Waffles Tennis, 19.

(2) The president of the Alabama Public Service Commission (who invoked prayer in July as the most effective way to fight federal restrictions on coal-fired power plants): Ms. Twinkle Andress Cavanaugh.

(3) The investigator for the Ohio state auditor's office who was ordered by his supervisor in July to end a romantic relationship with another government official: Jim Longerbone.

[Palm Beach Post, 8-21-2014] [Al.com (Birmingham), 7-28-2014] [Columbus Dispatch, 7-30-2014]

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