Mexico raid on drug suspects turns up cash-stuffed envelopes addressed to police, pressSeptember 22nd, 2009 Mexico: Army raid finds cash addressed to policeMONTERREY, Mexico — Soldiers raiding a drug gang safehouse in northern Mexico found money-stuffed envelopes earmarked for various police forces and one marked for "press," authorities said Tuesday. Four people were arrested and $5 million in U.S.
Rare Amur tiger cub fights to survive at South Dakota zoo; lone survivor of litter of 6August 7th, 2009 Rare Amur tiger cub fights to survive at SD zooSIOUX FALLS, S.D. — The rare 3-week-old Amur tiger cub's eyes haven't completely opened yet, her belly bulges and her paws seem too large for her tiny head.
Chicago detectives say suspicious package found outside Winfrey's Harpo Studios is harmlessJuly 31st, 2009 Suspicious bag outside Harpo Studios is harmlessCHICAGO — Bomb and arson detectives say a suspicious package discovered outside Oprah Winfrey's Harpo Studios in Chicago is harmless. Chicago Police News Affairs Officer Laura Kubiak says security personnel found a dark backpack with wires hanging out of it early Friday in a flower bed near the studios.
Pittsburgh 'litter vigilante' cited for piling up debris on city sidewalksJuly 29th, 2009 Pa. 'litter vigilante' cited for trash pilesPITTSBURGH — Pittsburgh officials have cited a self-styled litter vigilante for making debris piles on city sidewalks. Sixty-two-year-old Paul McCarthy says nobody else was cleaning up the trash and brush in his neighborhood, so he started doing it and calling the city to collect the piles.
NJ Police say burglary suspect returned to victim's house to apoligizeJuly 17th, 2009 NJ police say burglar returned to apologizeRAHWAY, N.J. — Police in central New Jersey say they arrested a man on burglary charges after he returned to the victim's house to apologize.
$30 million worth of heroin stuffed in Build-A-Bear toys is found during NYC drug bustJuly 5th, 2009 Drug bust nets heroin stuffed in Build-A-Bear toysNEW YORK — A dozen people have been arrested, and 33 pounds of heroin worth $30 million and stuffed inside Build-A-Bear toys has been seized in a drug bust in the Bronx. The arrests late Friday afternoon were announced Saturday by the New York office of the Drug Enforcement Administration along with city and state police.
Yakima teacher reprimanded for sending kindergartner home with feces in his backpackJuly 3rd, 2009 Yakima teacher reprimanded for backpack fecesYAKIMA, Wash. — A Washington kindergarten teacher who sent a 5-year-old student home with a bag of feces tucked in his backpack has been formally reprimanded.
Litter of lynx kittens is first documented in Colorado since 2006, heartening biologistsJune 27th, 2009 Litter of lynx kittens heartens Colo. biologistsDENVER — The discovery of 10 lynx kittens this spring marks the first newborns documented in Colorado since 2006, heartening biologists overseeing restoration of the mountain feline.
In the belly of the beast: Mexico finds nearly 1 ton of cocaine hidden inside shark carcassesJune 18th, 2009 Mexico: almost 1 ton of cocaine found in sharksMEXICO CITY — Mexico says it found nearly one ton of cocaine hidden inside frozen shark carcasses. Prosecutors says hundreds of packages stuffed in the bellies of dozens of dead sharks seized in the Gulf port of Progreso contained 1,965 pounds (893 kilograms) of cocaine.
Prosecutors: witness won't testify in trial of ex-congressman Jefferson accused of briberyJune 11th, 2009 Witness won't testify at ex-congressman's trialALEXANDRIA, Va. — The woman who triggered an investigation of former congressman William Jefferson and eventually gave him a suitcase stuffed with $100,000 in cash won't be called as a prosecution witness at Jefferson's trial on bribery and other charges.
NH boy picking up litter finds, returns backpack stuffed with $8,000 cashMay 8th, 2009 NH boy finds, returns cash-stuffed backpackALTON, N.H. — A 10-year-old boy picking up litter in a small New Hampshire town found a backpack stuffed with more than $8,000 cash.
NH boy, 10, volunteering at roadside cleanup finds charred backpack with $8,160; owner locatedMay 8th, 2009 NH boy finds $8,160 stuffed in charred backpackALTON, N.H. — A 10-year-old boy picking up litter in New Hampshire found a charred backpack stuffed with more than $8,000 in cash.
Mexican mascot for flu outbreak!May 1st, 2009 MEXICO CITY - Souvenir hunters hoping for a memento of the flu outbreak now riveting global attention can find one on the internet: a Mexican vendor is selling an epidemic mascot, a small, stuffed toy dubbed Achufy!
'Grab this original blue stuffed toy as a souvenir of the epidemic of 2009,' the advertisement urges, encouraging buyers to 'show it off among your friends and tell your grandchildren of this experience that is unique in history'. On the online auction and shopping website Mercado Libre, one sceptical shopper asked: 'Is the influenza virus included in the price?'
The stuffed toy, similar to Puffles of the children's website Club Penguin, sells for $24.50.
8,000 year-old axe head discovered in IrelandApril 5th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Researchers at the Derry and Donegal Archaeological Society have found an 8000 year-old axe head on Inch Island in Ireland. According to a report in the Derry Journal, the discovery was made in the Baylet area of Inch Island and is believed to date from the Mesolithic or Middle Stone Age, which in Ireland commenced about 7000 BC and continued until 4000 BC.
Woman caught smuggling heroin-stuffed buttons to TurkeyMarch 18th, 2009 DUSHANBE - Customs officials in Tajikistan detained a Filipino woman at Dushanbe airport Tuesday for attempting to smuggle more than three kilograms of heroin stuffed into fabric buttons to Turkey. 'During an individual baggage search of passengers, customs authorities detained Milagros Nolasko, 48, who was attempting to smuggle some 3,300 grams of heroin on a flight from Dushanbe to Istanbul,' a customs agent told RIA Novosti.
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