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Utah pol gets off lightly by kissing horse

A Utah county official says he got off lightly after smooching a stoic horse to pay off a weight-loss bet his staff made with the staff at a local hospital.

Davis County Commissioner Alan Hansen went through with the "kiss-a-horse" ceremony in Farmington, Utah. Tuesday, but it was a makeup for missing the original payoff, which involved the drooling champion steer at the county fair.

"Thankfully, it was a horse that had a dry mouth as opposed to a slobbery cow," Hansen told the Salt Lake Tribune.

Hansen's date with Reno, a sand-colored filly who took it all in stride, came after employees at Davis Hospital and Medical Center lost a tad more combined weight than their counterparts at the county building.

The Tribune (NYSE:TXA) noted that although Hansen was conveniently out of town during the county fair, two of his fellow commissioners were stuck and had to pucker up for a steer that one said "dripped drool by the gallon."

clipped from www.koco.com

OKLAHOMA CITY -- Police in Oklahoma are trying to get to the bottom of a convenience store robbery where the bandit was caught on surveillance video flashing more than a gun.

The man stole about $80 from an EZ Mart in July, reported KOCO-TV. Police told the station that the gun and choice of disguise used in the robbery left the clerk traumatized.

The video shows the man walking into the store with his shirt over his head and his pants falling down to his knees. After getting money and cigarettes from the clerk, the man walked out of the store and fled.

"It's really surprising that he pulled off the robbery since he?s trying to cover his face with one hand and then he?s holding the gun with the other hand," said Balderrama. "And in the meantime, he's having to pull up his pants at the same time."