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102 Buried Urns Stolen From Cemetery
INDIANAPOLIS -- At least 102 buried urns were stolen from a west-side Indianapolis cemetery in the past week, and police say the thief or thieves may intend to sell the metal.
"It is a very personal matter and very disturbing -- emotional -- for our families that come back to the gravesite," cemetery manager Cinnamon Caughlan said Wednesday. The cemetery said it has warned area scrap yards that someone might try to sell the urns to them.
Indianapolis police said they would patrol the cemetery to try to prevent more urn thefts.
No arrests have been made in the case.
"The two kinds of thieves people despise the most are ones that would steal from their family or steal from a graveyard.
I think that just disgusts people to no end," Indianapolis police Lt. Steve Watts said.

911 Is Not A Chat Line
A Michigan man is learning the hard way that 911 isn't a chat line.
A jury has convicted Preston Bennett of calling Cass County's emergency dispatchers more than 1,000 times to chit-chat about the news and other things.
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Boys of 12 using anabolic steroids to 'get girls'
Boys as young as 12 and 13 are using anabolic steroids to beef up their bodies in a bid to "get girls", government advisers have warned. Latest figures show that 200,000 people in Britain have tried bodybuilding anabolic steroids - including an increasing number of teenage boys. The Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs called for a government awareness campaign on the health hazards. Lord Victor Adebowale, a member of the advisory council and chief executive of the drugs charity Turning Point, told the meeting: "This stuff isn't being used just by people who want to be athletes, but by people who want to be in boy bands and get girls." Steroids can make the testicles wither and cause sterility.

Wife steals husband's £55,000 = 113 751 U.S. dollars life savings
A loving husband went to buy his wife a ruby wedding treat - and found she had stolen his life savings. Popular artist Des Haggart, 62, discovered wife Veronica had been systematically stealing from him throughout their 40-year marriage. Her crimes only came to light when Des opened his safe to get money to treat her to a surprise meal to mark their ruby wedding anniversary. When he opened a bag in which he had saved nearly £8000, he found the cash had been replaced by tissues.
He called the police after confronting his wife, who admitted she had been taking money for years.Yesterday, after Haggart, 64, admitted obtaining £55,000 by fraud and was warned she faced jail, Des hit out: "I couldn't divorce that woman quick enough. If I never see her again it will be too soon."