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A US woman has been arrested for speaking loudly on her mobile phone for 16 hours while traveling in a train's quiet carriage. Lakeysha Beard, 39, repeatedly ignored requests to be quiet during the journey between Oakland, California, and Portland, Oregon, according to other passengers. Train staff eventually asked her to stop using her phone which reportedly led to a "verbal altercation" and police being called. The train was called to a halt at a crossing just outside Salem, Oregon, where police boarded to remove Ms Beard. She has now been charged with disorderly conduct. Speaking after the incident to Portland's KATU News, Ms Beard said she felt "disrespected" by the incident. She admitted to talking on her phone, but saw no reason why she should have been escorted from the train • Man tried to board train with pony - Staff at Wrexham railway station had a shock when a man turned up and demanded to buy a train ticket - for his pony. Despite being told that horses were not allowed on the train, he bundled the animal into a lift and led it onto the platform. When the train to Holyhead on Anglesey arrived, the man attempted to board it with his pony, but was stopped by a conductor. The Daily Post quoted a source as saying: "The man took the pony into the ticket office and asked for a ticket. He was refused and told that no horses were allowed on the train. "But he said 'I know the law' and walked away. He got into a lift with the horse and walked it across the bridge and onto a platform. "He waited for the train to arrive and then got on himself and was in the process of trying to pull the pony on after him when the conductor stopped him. "Staff couldn't believe it - most people thought it was a wind-up." The man is believed to have left the station, with the pony, after a brief argument. An Arriva Trains Wales spokeswoman said: "Obviously passengers are not allowed to take livestock on to the train. "We do allow small animals, such as dogs and guide dogs, onboard but not large animals that could pose a risk to the general public." • 'Batman' held in rooftop arrest - A man was arrested after being found hanging off the ledge of a 30ft building while dressed as Batman. Police say Mark Williams, 31, had 'dangerous weapons' in his utility belt when they found him in Petoskey, Michigan. He was wearing lead-lined gloves and his utility belt contained a collapsible baton and a container of pepper spray. Police officers spotted Mr Williams hanging onto the roof of the building in Petoskey, Michigan. A police spokesman said officers "observed a male subject, dressed in a Batman costume, hanging off the western wall of the building. "Officers gained access to the roof and pulled the subject back onto the roof." Mr Williams was photographed in costume and was charged with possession of dangerous weapons in addition to trespassing. He describes himself as a self-confessed 'geek' on his Myspace profile and says that one of his favorite films is The Dark Knight. • Man eats his 25,000th Big Mac - A US man has eaten his 25,000th Big Mac - and says he plans to carry on eating them until the day he dies. Don Gorske, 59, was honoured after reaching the milestone with a ceremony at a McDonald's in his hometown of Fond du Lac. Guinness World Records recognised Mr Gorske's feat three years and 2,000 Big Macs ago, and the retired prison guard says he has no desire to stop. "I plan on eating Big Macs until I die," he said. "I have no intentions of changing. It's still my favorite food. Nothing has changed in 39 years. I look forward to it every day." Mr Gorske is slim and walks regularly for exercise. He said he was recently given a clean bill of health and that his cholesterol is low. His obsession with the burger started in 1972, when he bought three Big Macs to celebrate the purchase of a new car. He was hooked, and went back to McDonald's twice more that day, eating nine before they closed. He's only gone eight days since without a Big Mac, and most days he eats two. Among the reasons he skipped a day was to grant his mother a dying wish. Mr Gorske said probably has an obsessive-compulsive disorder, and has kept many of the Big Mac boxes and receipts over the years, and has noted his purchases in calendars. |
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