The Edger

I think she sang

“O, Canada” by mistake

MEXICO CITY — A woman who fumbled a few phrases of Mexico’s national anthem while singing the song before a soccer game in Guadalajara has been fined $40 for the blunder.

Guadalupe Madrigal acknowledged she got the words wrong while singing before an Oct. 30 soccer match between teams from Guadalajara and Monterrey, Mexico’s Interior Department announced Saturday in a written statement.

‘‘She indicated she was sorry to have sang the national anthem poorly,’’ the department announced. ‘‘She indicated that she did not do it on purpose or with bad intentions, but recognized that she had made a mistake.’’

And you can bet he

wasn’t using chop sticks

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. — Takeru ‘‘The Tsunami’’ Kobayashi ate 69 mini-hamburgers in eight minutes to collect $10,000 and be crowned the first Krystal Square-Off World Hamburger Eating Champion.

‘‘I feel great,’’ the 24-year-old from Nagano, Japan, said through a translator after Saturday’s contest. ‘‘I could eat more, about 20 to 30 more.’’

The 130-pound Kobayashi, who is also the champion of Nathan’s International Hot Dog Eating Contest held on Coney Island, N.Y., beat 13 other contestants.

Sonya ‘‘The Black Widow’’ Thomas ate 46 small square hamburgers for second place and $5,000, and Richard ‘‘The Locust’’ LeFevre ate 41 for third place and $2,500. Thomas is ranked No. 2 in the International Federation of Competitive Eating behind Kobayashi.

Six Krystal Company staff members prepared more than 700 burgers for the contest, which drew hundreds of spectators to a mall parking lot.

A Krystal hamburger measures 2.5 inches on each side.

Relax, you can

still smoke in your car

LEXINGTON, Ky. — A radio station is fuming after a hoax ‘‘report’’ by its morning crew that people could no longer smoke in their cars.

The hoax, broadcast on WXZZ-FM on Wednesday, prompted hundreds of people to tie up phone lines to police, health departments, City Hall and the county attorney’s office.

WXZZ general manager Chris Clendenen said in a statement Thursday that the station suspended the radio hosts — identified only by on-air names Twitch, Mary Jane and Kyle — because the hoax caused such a disruption to city government.

‘‘It was a stunt, a prank, a joke,’’ he said. ‘‘We thought we’d have some fun. We didn’t mean to cause any harm or inconvenience to anyone. If we did inconvenience the city, we’re sorry.’’

Milton Dohoney, Lexington’s chief administrative officer, said the city was planning to file a formal complaint with the Federal Communications Commission.

When the cable guy

doesn’t show, get your own

WEST HAVEN, Conn. — In a hard hat and tool belt, police said Jerome Dunbar looked just like every other cable repairman.

Problem was, authorities said, he couldn’t legally do the work.

Dunbar appeared in court Friday on charges he took $100 from a local family to hook up their disconnected cable service.

Authorities said they discovered the alleged scheme when they saw him climbing a ladder on a telephone poll late Wednesday, and because it was an odd time of the day for line work, inquired about his credentials.

‘‘He had a hard hat, but civilian clothes. He had no utility uniform. But he did have a tool box and said he worked for a company called Telcom,’’ said police spokesman Sgt. Paul Raucci.

Police said they could find no evidence Telcom existed.

Dunbar was charged with one count of theft of a community antenna for profit. He was being held in lieu of $5,000 bond.