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A US woman’s last name is so long that she can’t get a driving licence with her correct name, but Janice ‘Lokelani’ Keihanaikukauakahihuliheekahaunaele is fighting to make it happen.
The documents have room for only 35 characters, so Hawaii County instead issued her licence and her state ID with the last letter of her name chopped off and omitted her first name.
Janice, 54, has contacted her mayor and city councilwoman for help, but the county says the state of Hawaii computer system will not allow names longer than 35 characters. Her name has 35 letters plus a mark used in the Hawaiian alphabet, called an okina. (PA)
NYSE woman’s pet legacy
The first woman to become a member of the New York Stock Exchange has left $100,000 dollars for the care of her dogs.
Documents made public in Manhattan Surrogate Court show that in her will, Muriel ‘Mickie’ Siebert also requested that her pets not be left alone for long periods during the day. Ms Siebert, 84, who was founder and president of a brokerage firm that bears her name, died last month.
Most of her nearly $50 million estate was left to the Muriel F. Siebert Foundation, which promotes finance education.
She left $1.5 million dollars in a trust for her sister, money and jewellery to friends and airline miles to the executors of her estate.
Ancient carvings returned
Three pre-Hispanic stone carvings have been returned to Mexico by the Lowe Art museum in Miami, Florida, after they were apparently removed illegally decades ago.
Mexico’s National Institute of Anthropology and History says the three stone pieces depict a serpent, a water god and a priest or nobleman. While it is hard to say what culture or ruin site they came from, the institute says experts will study them to try to determine more details.
A flat stone plinth depicting a richly-attired male personage probably dates from between 200BC and AD200. Another carving depicts the water god Tlaloc and dates to between AD700 and AD900. The carving of the serpent’s head dates to between AD900 and Ad1,200. (PA)
Lizards without a permit
The former host of Animal Planet’s Wild Recon show has been charged in Los Angeles with selling two endangered Iranian desert monitor lizards without a permit.
City News Service says Donald Schultz, a herpetologist based in Southern California, was accused of contravening the Endangered Species Act. If convicted, he could face up to a year in jail and a $100,000-dollar fine.
Authorities say Schultz sold the rare lizards for $2,500 to an undercover wildlife agent who answered his 2010 offer on Facebook. On his now-cancelled show, Schultz would parachute into remote locations to take biological samples from deadly snakes and other dangerous animals. (PA)