NEW YEAR'S CALM (3#) -

Shoes, Airplane Safety & Torched Cars . . .

It's been a relatively calm New Year holiday - or has it? It all depends on what your idea of calm is, I guess.

# Thousands of shoes were dumped on the South Florida Palmetto Expressway southbound lanes between Bird Road and Miller Drive exits, blocking traffic and causing hazardous driving conditions during Friday morning rush hour.

# A flight to Orlando FL on New Year's Day was delayed due to passengers being re-screened after a group of Muslims were removed from the airplane. They had been overheard discussing "the safest place to sit." The flight, AirTran 175, taking off from DC, was delayed for two hours.

# And in Paris: the greatest number of torched cars was in Seine-Saint-Denis (130), then in the Bas-Rhin (91), Val-de-Marne (80), Val-Oise (68) and the Nord (65)." They have their own way of celebrating the holiday.

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