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Noteworthy

By TIMES WIRES
Published July 26, 2006

Eventually, the reward fit the deed

When a homeless man returned $21,000 worth of saving bonds he found in a Detroit trash bin, the people who lost them - let's call them "the losers" - decided $100 was an appropriate reward. People around the country decided that wasn't remotely enough, and so far more than $4,000 has been donated to Charles Moore, 59. Moore found the bonds while searching for returnable bottles, and turned them in to a homeless shelter, where a staff member tracked down the family of the man who owned them. Moore plans to use the money to find an apartment, and has gotten some job leads.

THE DEDICATED

This could be a case for the fashion police

A lot of people are for diversity and equality, but how many bald, mustachioed lawyers turn up in court wearing a skirt and blouse and toting a purse to protest a lack of women in the judiciary? Not many, right? Well, Rob Moodie, 67, means business, and informed the High Court in Wellington, New Zealand, that he will wear women's clothes - his navy blue suit Monday was complemented by a stunning diamond brooch and lace-topped stockings - and would like to be referred to as "Ms. Alice." His attire, he insisted, is to highlight the insensitive "old boys' network" of New Zealand's judiciary, and he said his wife and three children support his protest. "My confidence in the male ethos is zilch," the high-profile lawyer said, adding that he was born with an innate understanding of the female gender.

'QUOTE'

"People don't take this costume seriously."

Steven Turnage of Searcy, Ark., who stands roadside wearing a chicken suit to promote a fast-food restaurant. The 105-degree heat isn't the worst thing he faces at work anymore. People in cars have been throwing cans and drinks at him, and recently someone fired a bottle-rocket at him.

UPDATE

The Rs are back!

The letter R has returned to Greencastle, Ind., and two teenagers have some explaining to do. More than 100 letter R's swiped from businesses' signs were returned Thursday in a box left outside the Police Department. A surveillance camera outside the station captured the image of one of the teen's mothers returning the letters. Michael White, 19, and Jessica Winings, 18, admitted they stole the letters to add them to Winings' collection. Officials said the teens are likely to get off with an apology and some community service.

Yates retrial

Jurors in Houston deliberated for a second day Tuesday without reaching a verdict in Andrea Yates' murder retrial but reviewed evidence, including videotapes of two psychiatrists' interviews with the woman who drowned her five children in the bathtub. The jury already has deliberated longer than the four hours it took a first jury to convict her of murder in 2002.

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