The Midwest Indies
They're taking that New Age stuff pretty far in one Iowa village:
"It's official: Maharishi Vedic City has gone all natural.
"The town of about 200 in southeast Iowa has become what some experts believe is the first all-organic city in the country.
"The city council has voted to ban the use of synthetic pesticides and fertilizers within the city limits.
"City Attorney Maureen Wynne said residents in the city already use all-organic methods so the council's vote only formalized a practice that was already in place.
"Wynne said the ban covers everything from lawns and shrubs on both residential and commercial properties.
"The ban follows earlier action to grow and sell only organic foods within the city limits."
Bonus Coverage: Coming Soon to an Iowa Village Near You!
In six weddings this year in India, two boys and four girls were married in tribal-custom ceremonies to dogs, which is believed to bring better luck to children who have been cursed by teething first from the upper jaw ("dog teeth"). (Agence France-Presse reported that the four February marriages in Jharkhand state involved, thank goodness, dogs of the opposite gender from the spouse.) (2) In February, a Pakistani tribal council in Kacha
Chohan (Punjab state) ordered a 2-year-old girl to marry a man, age 42, to punish the girl's uncle for having sex with that man's current wife (although the marriage will not be official until the girl turns 18). [Agence France-Presse, 2-24-05, 4-7-05] [New Haven Register-AP, 2-21-05]. From News of the Weird, no link available.
