Blow-up doll in lifeguard's post

World News IN BRIEF

ROME A lifeguard who had temporarily left his lookout post put in his place a blow-up doll dressed to look like him, complete with sunglasses, binoculars and a whistle in its mouth. But the disguise wasnot convincing enough to fool the head of the region's coastguard service in Imperia, north-west Italy, who discovered the trick and fined the human lifeguard $1,032 (817).

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