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Outrun the cops, evade the El Camino, attempt daring underwater rescues and use the Doom Glider to foil 2D’s escape attempts from Plastic Beach

Escape to Plastic Beach tells the story of Gorillaz journey from the mainland to their new home on Plastic Beach. The game starts by recreating the thrilling events of ‘Stylo’ and sees Murdoc, 2D and Cyborg Noodle on their journey to Plastic Beach, evading cops and the El Camino. The game then continues underwater, taking players direct to Plastic Beach HQ. Once you have arrived at Plastic Beach use the Doom Glider to foil 2D’s increasingly inventive escape attempts from Plastic Beach whilst dodging ghost pirate ships.

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This hapless sheep has become a real life ‘ram-bo’ after inadvertently abseiling down a hill when its horn became snagged on an electricity wire.

The unfortunate sheep was spotted bleating for help more than 15 feet above the ground next to an telegraph pole.

Amazed onlookers watched the ram descend from a grazing pasture – apparently accidentally – while dangling from a live wire.

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PHILADELPHIA (Reuters) – An American rights group is suing the police in Pennsylvania for issuing tickets, which carry a jail sentence, to people for swearing.

The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), which filed the lawsuits earlier, argues that the right to use profanity is protected by the U.S. Constitution.

“Unfortunately, many police departments in the commonwealth do not seem to be getting the message that swearing is not a crime,” said Marieke Tuthill of the ACLU of Pennsylvania. “The courts have repeatedly found that profanity, unlike obscenity, is protected speech.”

Obscenity, under the Supreme Court’s definition, refers to speech that mainly appeals to the “prurient interest” in sex, according to the ACLU.

One lawsuit involves an unidentified woman in Luzerne County in northeast Pennsylvania who was given a citation which carries a maximum penalty of $300 and 90 days in jail after she yelled an offensive word at a motorcyclist who swerved close to her in October 2008.

In a separate case a man was arrested, cited for disorderly conduct and briefly jailed after shouting a double expletive at a policeman who was writing him a parking ticket.

The two are among at least 750 people in Pennsylvania a year who face illegal disorderly conduct charges because of the use of profanity in Pennsylvania, the ACLU said.

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