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Growing Weed For A Cow Puts Polish Woman Under Arrest

A woman with a nervous cow will soon be headed to jail after police found the Polish lady growing marijuana.

A woman in Lobez was arrested and charged with cultivating a narcotic after Polish police found she had been growing the drug to calm her "skittish and unruly" cow.

Polish Priests Asked To Read Names Of Drunk Drivers At Pulpit

Prosecutors in Poland, where Catholicism is the dominant religion, are asking priests to read the names of people who drink and drive from the pulpit. There is a high death rate from drunk driving in the country, and prosecutors think that public shaming may cut the rate down.

Rafal Grabia, a prosecutor in the mountain town of Zywiec in southern Poland, tells Reuters, "We post the names of convicted drunk drivers at town halls. But who reads that? The information is not reaching family, friends and neighbors."

Polish Prosecutors Ask Priests To Shame Drunk-Drivers

Polish prosecutors are asking priests to help them prevent road accidents by reading the names of drunk-drivers during mass.

Church leaders have not yet agreed to the plan, which is intended to shame the offenders into abstinence from alcohol.

Rafal Grabia, a prosecutor in the town of Zywiec in southern Poland, tells Reuters, "We post the names of convicted drunk drivers at town halls... But who reads that? The information is not reaching family, friends and neighbors."

Polish Man Floats Himself To The Record Book

A man in Kedzeirzyn-Kozle, Poland literally floated his way into the record books.

According to the Mirror, Andrzej Szopinski-Wisla set a new world record when he floated on the water for two hours, five minutes and 18 seconds off the waters in Kedzierzyn-Kozle, in Poland.

Polish Police To Investigate Prison Cancer Scam

The police in Poland were investigating allegations criminals have bribed doctors to give them fake cancer diagnoses to get early release from prison.

Initial investigations showed dozens of criminals have been freed from prison under the scam.