Weird News 11/13 Creepy Clown Terrorizes Town The town of Northampton, England has a new resident- a really

scary clown. The clown, dressed as the clown Pennywise, a character from the horror film It, has been seen standing alone on nearly empty streets. The clown is holding balloons and a teddy bear, and waves to people. The citizens of Northampton are afraid of the clown, and have asked the police to investigate. There are even rumors that the clown has been knocking on doors in the middle of the night. ut the clown says he has done nothing wrong. !n a facebook page called Spot the Northampton Clown, the clown writes that people like to be scared, so he is only giving them what they want. "e also says he doesn#t knock on doors. The police, meanwhile, say they have made no clown arrests. To make the situation even stranger, another resident of Northampton, who calls himself The $lown $atcher, is dressing up like %uperman and trying to catch the clown. No word yet if he has been successful. Big Changes in Arizona Prison "ere is important news for all the criminals in the state of &rizona' if you like meat, don#t get arrested in (aricopa $ounty. The county#s sheriff, )oe &rpaio, is famous for being a hard man who is very strict with criminals, but this time some people think he may have gone too far. %heriff &rpaio is removing meat from the menu in the county prison. &ll meals served in the prison will be vegetarian, and soy will be used instead of meat. &rpaio appeared on a local cooking show to announce the change, and watched as a chef made what will be a typical prison meal. The meal included soy, carrots, and green peas. &rpaio said it looked very tasty, but a tv reporter said the soy looked like pieces of wood, and some of the carrots were brown. *The carrots were not brown+ said &rpaio, *that was ,ust dirt. This will be a great meal-+ %o, is %heriff &rpaio turning his prison vegetarian for the health of the inmates. Not likely. */e will save 011,111 dollars a year+ says the sheriff. &nd there is one other change %heriff &rpaio has madeunlike most other prisons, inmates in (aricopa $ountry will have to pay for their meals. New York Creates Text- tops Every state in the 2% has rest stops along their highways where drivers can rela3 while making long drives. ut the state of New 4ork has created something new- te3t-stops. New 4ork 5overnor &ndrew $uomo announced the creation of 67 te3t-stops along the state#s highways, where tech-minded drivers can pull over and safely send a te3t message. 5overnor $uomo went on to e3plain that the te3t-stops were needed to make the roads safer. "e said te3ting causes even more accidents than drunk driving, and that the new te3t-stops were created to put a stop to te3ting while driving. ut not all the news was good for those drivers who cannot keep their eyes on the road. The governor also announced that fines for te3ting while driving would be raised much higher, and that those caught would have five points deducted from their driving license.