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Attention Coneheads

A hearty weed alongside a road in Huntersville, N.C., grew all summer, even though a traffic cone was placed over it — it just popped through the hole in the top of the cone. In November, someone decorated it as if it was a scrawny Christmas tree. “Cone Weed” even has its own Twitter and Facebook pages, but apparently the North Carolina Department of Transportation didn’t get the word that Cone Weed was a beloved local phenomenon: it mowed it down, decorations and all, because it was “too close to the road.” The Huntersville Fire Department rescued what was left and brought Cone Weed back to its station in hopes it might live on. Someone had Cone Weed T-shirts made, and is donating the proceeds to a charity to help local families. (RC/WBTV Charlotte) ...And Charlie Brown nods approvingly.