A WOMAN arrested for drunken driving slipped off her handcuffs and drove away in a police vehicle.
Chicago resident Veronique Armour,22,was stopped as she drove in the wrong lane on a city street.
While a police officer was removing Armour's 1995 Honda Civic hatchback from the street,she somehow escaped the handcuffs and drove away in the officer's cruiser,police spokeswoman Joann Taylor said.Armour was caught a few minutes later in a parking lot,police said.
In addition to charges of driving under the influence and related traffic violations,she now faces charges of possessing a stolen vehicle and escaping from police.-Reuters
THE CHURCH of Norway has forced a priest to resign from a panel set to judge bikini-clad women competing to be the country's Miss Universe contestant.Einar Gelius,a Lutheran vicar in Oslo,says it's his right to do as he wishes in his spare time,but church members say as a clergyman he always represents the church and should not be judging other humans."This competition represents a view that is not in accordance with the Church's,"said Arne Groeningsaeter,head of the Oslo diocese council."The Church should preach that we are all equal and this competition's view of woman is particularly disturbing."-PA