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Canadian police were less than impressed with the pair (Picture: AP)
A worried mother went to collect her son from a Canadian police station after he was arrested for drink-driving – and was promptly charged with the same offence.
The dozy 53-year-old apparently stank of booze after she drove to the station, north of Toronto, in the early hours of the morning after having one too many of her favourite tipple.
Stunned police became suspicious and ordered her to take a breathalyzer test, which she failed.

By Gennady Fyodorov SOCHI, Russia (Reuters) - While Moscow digs itself out of a huge snow storm that hit the Russian capital in the last few days, organizers of the Winter Olympics are worried a lack of white powder could become a problem next February. Unseasonably warm temperatures this winter in Sochi have forced local organizers to store some 450,000 cubic meters of snow in the nearby Caucasus Mountains that surround this sub-tropical Black Sea resort. ...

A Florida sheriff's deputy took matters into her own hands last week when a seven-foot alligator was spotted trying to break through the fence of a local middle school. Jessica McGregor, a 29-year-old Lake County sheriff's deputy and mother of two, responded to the call, fashioned a noose from a 30-foot rope and "lassoed the [...]

KIEV, Ukraine (AP) — Residents of the Ukrainian capital suspect the city is trying to pull a fast one on them about its efforts to clean up from a paralyzing blizzard.