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People who own Dell Latitude 6430u laptops are complaining that their pricey new computers are emitting a smell similar to cat urine. Some of them said on the company's online customer forums that the odor seems to be coming from the keyboard or palm rest. The Round Rock, Texas, company originally advised buyers through its forums to try cleaning their keyboards with a soft cloth or compressed air, but the smell persisted. "The machine is great, but it smells as if it was assembled near a tomcat's litter box," wrote a customer using the handle "three west" on a Dell...

TAMPA, Fla. -- Cynthia Hunter spent almost two months in jail over a vial of cat urine. The 38-year-old woman from Lithia, Fla., was arrested Aug. 15 on a charge of petty theft after she was accused of stealing from a Brandon Wal-Mart store. Deputies added charges of possession of a controlled substance after finding a vial containing a yellow substance in her purse. A drug field test suggested the substance was methamphetamine. Hunter had said the substance was dehydrated cat urine for her son's science project, and that it had been purchased at an animal clinic. She was released...