PEOPLE are just dying to get into the cemetery in the peaceful German hamlet of Berchtesgaden - so much so that officials are holding a lottery for vacant plots.
The town in the Bavarian Alps has for many years been turning down applicants seeking to rest in peace in the 17th-century graveyard due to a lack of space, reports the BBC.
However they have now created 200 new plots, and will conduct a random draw today to give everyone an equal chance.
The report says so far about 280 people have applied for one of the coveted final resting places.
They gave it a good try, but it was always going to be a long shot.
An attempt by the so-called First Church of Cannabis in Indiana, USA to get the state to recognise a religious exemption to marijuana laws has gone up in smoke.
Last week a judge ruled that members of the church could not smoke marijuana as a religious sacrament, in the culmination of a case that has been running for more than three years.
The ruling said making an exemption would make it difficult to enforce drug laws, because "officers are not trained or equipped to determine the sincerity of an individual's religious beliefs".
The church's founder said he would appeal to a higher court.
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