Quirky World: Homeowner in spotlight after Santa pours scorn on IS and neighbour fails to spot joke

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USA: Deputies paid a visit to a southern Maine home after its owner’s raunchy anti-terrorist Christmas light display was misconstrued as support for Islamic State, also known as ISIS.

The Portland Press Herald reports the homeowner, who wasn’t identified, used lights to spell out the word ‘ISIS’ on a board below the deck of the home.