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US authorities say Galen Winchell set fire to his Georgia home as he cleaned cobwebs from eaves with a blowtorch. He noticed the blaze when he saw smoke pouring from the attic. Though the fire was confined to one area, the entire home had smoke and water damage.

Cannabis growers in the Netherlands net $4 billion a year - worth almost half the country's horticultural sector, a Dutch newspaper says. Despite this, the nation's top drug cop says the country still has the image of a small producer that "grows a few plants in the attic".

A lonely childhood was the ideal preparation for author and illustrator Tohby Riddle, writes Daniel Herborn.

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