Sunday, March 16, 2008

Small Bits of News

Post worker wore stolen G-string
A Dorset postman was caught wearing stolen women's underwear after his bosses became suspicious that packages were going missing, a court heard.
Matthew Furness, 35, from Weymouth, admitted two charges of stealing postal packages belonging to Royal Mail, on 1 October and 6 December last year.
Furness was caught wearing a woman's thong taken from a parcel, after a sting operation by officials.
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Mexican Cops Find 36 Bodies in Border City Backyard
MEXICO CITY — Mexican officials said Saturday that 36 bodies were found buried in the backyard of a house in a city across the border from El Paso, Texas, and they believe that number represents the final tally.
Mexican federal agents began digging behind a Ciudad Juarez house allegedly used by the Juarez drug cartel two weeks ago after receiving an anonymous tip, officials said.
In the raid, investigators found 3,740 pounds of marijuana in the house. They initially found six dismembered bodies, but as excavations preceded the tally rose.
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Parents Face Charges After Leaving Daughter in Truck Outside Bar
An 8-year-old girl was locked in a truck for at least two hours while her parents were drinking inside a Florida bar.
Edward Wise Davis, 37, and Lisa Brazell Davis, 36, face charges of child neglect after police say they found the girl locked in the truck, the TV station reports.
Police responded to Siggy's American Bar after receiving a report of the girl in the truck. Officers say Edward Davis, after driving to the bar with his daughter to meet his wife, told the girl to stay in the vehicle and "keep the doors locked and not to let anyone in the truck."
The child told police that she was scared that someone might kidnap her.

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