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(edit)Police are handing out the footwear to help drunken ladettes get home uninjured after spotting a number of women staggering home in unsuitable shoes.  (edit) 'Sometimes people get drunk and you see them carrying footwear which is inappropriate,' he said.  'The emphasis is on providing replacement footwear for people to get home in, should they find their high heels uncomfortable, inappropriate or soiled.'   The footwear will be paid for by £30,000 worth of funding secured from the Home Office by Safer Communities Torbay. Police chief, Supt Chris Singer said: 'Linking in with our pastors this funding represents a significant opportunity...

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. -- Florida State President T.K. Wetherell reorganized the school's athletic department Friday, moving many responsibilities to other areas of the university to eliminate what the school's inspector general described as a culture of isolation. Wetherell did not fire anyone, but made it clear he's awaiting evaluations on several department employees by athletic director David Hart Jr., who was singed in the IG's 10-page evaluation of the department and will get his own evaluation later. The department's reporting system "exposes the university to significant risk and shows lack of forethought and good judgment," inspector general David Coury wrote. Several...