 Curses, foiled again
Alejandro Melendez, 20, called 911 to report that two men with guns were watching him but then hung up. When the dispatcher called back, police records show he asked the dispatcher to hang on a moment. The dispatcher then overheard Melendez making a drug deal and called police, who arrested him after finding cocaine in his pants. Happy days are here again
Japan has discovered there’s more gold in sewage than in some of the world’s best mines. Reuters reported that the Suwa sewage treatment facility in Nagano prefecture recorded finding 1,890 grams of gold per ton of ash from incinerated sludge. The official noted that Japan’s Hishikari Mine, one of the world’s most productive, yields 20 to 40 grams of gold per ton of ore. Speculating that the facility’s gold is the result of precision-equipment manufacturers in the vicinity that use the metal, the official said the prefecture expects to earn more than $167,000 for its gold this fiscal year. Drinking-class heroes
Spirit Airlines began requiring flight attendants to wear aprons with a Bud Light beer logo on the front. When the cabin workers objected, the airline, which touts itself as “the ultra-low cost” carrier, said it wouldn’t pull the logo. Instead, Spirit official Misty Pinson told the St. Petersburg Times, the South Florida-based airline should “be commended” for finding innovative ways to reduce operating costs and for keeping passenger fares low. Spirit was the first airline to charge for checking a single bag. Where’s Prawo?
After Irish police were unable to locate Polish traffic offender Prawo Jazdy, who has been issued more than 50 tickets, all for different addresses, investigators learned that officers who stopped visiting Poles for violations had been using “Prawo Jazdy” as the violators’ name because it’s printed in the top right corner of the driving license. “Prawo Jazdy is actually the Polish for ‘driving license’ and not the first and surname on the license,” an internal police memo revealed. “It is quite embarrassing to see that the system has created Prawo Jazdy as a person with over 50 identities.” Compiled from the nation’s press by Roland Sweet. Submit items, citing date and source, to P.O. Box 8130, Alexandria VA 22306.
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