12 December 2003  
 
 

12 December 2003

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  Meth Smuggled in Greeting Card   (Associated Press)
  • A woman soaked paper with methamphetamine, fashioned it to look like a greeting card and sent it to a federal jail inmate who then cut it into pieces for sale to other inmates.


  •   Remorseful German Thief Returns Stolen Loot   (Reuters)
  • A remorseful thief sent 300 pounds worth of stolen goods to the police and asked they be returned to their rightful owners.


  •   Man Gets More Than Phone Cut Off After Mix-Up   (Reuters)
  • An irate Filipino housewife sliced off her husband's penis while he slept after she discovered text messages from another woman on his mobile phone.


  •   Thieves Steal Horn from Stuffed Rhino   (Associated Press)
  • Thieves stole the nose horn from a stuffed rhinoceros in a Norwegian museum, leading to fears that the horn was likely ground into a powder prized as an aphrodisiac in Asia.


  •   Malta in EU — Smallest Country, Shortest Women   (Reuters)
  • Not content with being the smallest country to take its place in the European Union next year, Malta can claim another yardstick: its women are the shortest among current and soon-to-be EU members.


  •   Mail Union Denounces 'Mad TV' Sketch   (Associated Press)
  • The letter carriers union has joined the Postal Service in denouncing an upcoming Fox television comedy sketch about mail employees "going postal" and demanded that it not be run as scheduled.


  •   South Africa Pulls Plug on Santa Claus Mail   (Reuters)
  • South Africa's Advertising Standards Authority has banned an advertisement for the country's Post Office that gave children an address to write to Santa Claus with their Christmas wishes.


  •   Big Leap for 12 Days A-Spendin'   (CNN/Money)
  • A partridge in a pear tree and five golden rings may be a bargain this year, but the price for seven swans a-swimming has gone through the roof, driving up the cost of the 12 days of Christmas by a record amount, according to an estimated cost of the holiday carol's shopping list.


  •   Cambodia Boy Reunited with Family   (Associated Press)
  • A boy who was left with a Cambodian gasoline vendor as collateral for 0.8 gallons of gasoline earlier this year has been reunited with his family.


  •   Burlington Has Whale of a Smell   (KMGH-TV, Denver)
  • The rotting carcass of a sperm whale is stinking up Burlington, Denver, far from the nearest ocean.


  •   Rules May Change After Advil Expulsion   (Associated Press)
  • The Bossier Parish School Board will take a second look at its punishment policy for students caught with over-the-counter medications on campus.
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