Newsy bits...

Okay, first this.

Now criminals are stupid, at least the ones who get caught are, but this guy especially so - why end a string of successful bank robberies by holding up Spartacus Books, for goshsakes? Everyone knows they have maybe eight dollars in the till, on a good day...

Most wanted Vancouver bank robbery suspect arrested
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Also This. I am CERTAIN that there's an MC 900 Foot Jesus song that describes this.

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California man allegedly faked his own kidnapping to hide car crash from wife
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AHA! YES! I was right, and it popped out first hit on Google!

Adventures In Failure

lyrics by MC 900 FOOT JESUS
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And finally, here are selections from the news, from the official North Korean English-language news service, which has yet to breathe a word of the no-nukes-for-food deal. In all fairness, it is almost the Great Leader's birthday, which is the February holiday they allude to.

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I always wondered if there was a word for that card-flipping thing they do.