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Pedestrian safety sting 

Police issued 29 citations for failing to yield to a pedestrian during a pedestrian right-of-way enforcement operation at the intersection of Shattuck Avenue and Virginia Street Thursday morning. Since July, police have performed nine operations resulting in 265 pedestrian safety citations. 

Sorority house attacked 

The sisters of a sorority on the 2300 block of Piedmont Avenue were the victims of multi-pronged attack early Thursday morning. According to police, suspects inserted a long cardboard tube into the house through which they transferred mice, cockroaches and a snake into the kitchen area, scaring the housekeeper and the cook. Later the house was struck with eggs and dog food. Police have no suspects.