Sunday, January 22, 2006

 

Around Pennsylvania

Sisters to turn unwanted mail into profit

The Sisters of St. Francis of the Providence of God have found a good use for that endless stream of junk mail that arrives each day.

They are trying to make a little money from it while helping the environment.
The religious community in Whitehall is one of the newest participants in a regional campaign started by a Canadian company that recycles newspapers, catalogs, junk mail, magazines and office paper into newsprint.

From the Wilkes-Barre Times Leader


Around the Country ...

Suspected robber leaves his name, address

A man who held up banks by claiming he had a bomb in a bag was arrested after police found the bag actually contained books, including a phone book that had a mailing label with the man's full name and address.

"It was clearly not his best move," Lawrence Police Chief John J. Romero said.

George Melendez was arrested Thursday at his home in Lowell and charged with the Jan. 6 robbery of a bank in Dracut. Police said he is also likely to face charges in bank robberies in Lawrence and Salem, N.H.

From The Boston Globe

Around the World ...

Transsexual Drug Dealer Spared the Cane

A court has spared a Thai transsexual drug dealer from caning because Singaporean law does not allow women to be sentenced to that punishment, a newspaper reported Friday.

Thai prostitute Mongkon Pusuwan, who underwent a sex change from male to female a decade ago, was instead sentenced on Wednesday to six years in jail after a medical report concluded that she was a woman, The Straits Times reported.

From the Los Angeles Times

posted by Anne 1/22/2006 02:29:00 PM