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Gov Aide Popped With Cocaine

LaMar Cook, 45, an aide to Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey, has been arrested on charges of cocaine trafficking. Cook was arrested after receiving packages full of cocaine at Massachusetts’ western state office building in Springfield, where he worked as deputy director.

It’s said 8 kilograms were intercepted there and another 13 kilograms at Hotel UMass on the University of Massachusetts in Amherst, totaling about 46 pounds. Gov. Healey, a Democrat, immediately fired Cook.

A spokesman declared, “The conduct that occurred here is unacceptable and represents a major breach of the public trust. This criminal investigation is ongoing, and our administration will work with law enforcement to assist them in their work.” Here’s more from NBC10 in Boston.

Bizarre College Classes

Host John Green presents another episode of trivia-tastic information for all you starved knowledge junkies. In this edition of “Mental Floss,” Green takes a look at some of the most bizarre classes in our institutions of higher learning. Take Hampshire College in Amherst, Massachusetts, which offered a class titled “Things That Go Bump in the Night” in 2011. “Though it sounds like its about the boogie man and creepy crawlies, in fact, it’s about all the strange things that your brain can be the cause of, such as the phantom limb phenomenon and out-of-body experiences,” Green says. Listen in on the other 25 weird college courses.

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