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By Times Wires
Published February 27, 2007

Special delivery

Boutique gets not one but two buckets of pot

The Philadelphia boutique Fusion that specializes in jeans got a FedEx package Saturday. They rarely get deliveries on Saturday, so imagine their surprise when they opened it and found a five-gallon bucket filled with marijuana. When a second delivery came about an hour later in a similar package, they didn't even open it. Police said there was a total of about 20 pounds of pot in the pair of packages, and that it was worth about $90,000. "It was obviously intended for someone in the Philadelphia area," Capt. Chris Werner astutely observed. "We are trying to find out who."

Little literary pick

Young reader profits at the thrift store

Rhiannon Barnes insisted that her babysitter buy her a 25-cent book at a thrift store in McDonough, Ga. Rhiannon is 15 months old, and sometimes they insist on such things. But when they got home, Rhiannon started reading, and started pulling cash out of the book. Sitter Sheila Laughridge counted $1,300. The bank only gave her $300 because many of the bills were in bad shape and were shipped to the U.S. Treasury. But Rhiannon's mom, Shirley, has a plan for the toddler's talent. "What I want to do is put pieces of paper with numbers on them out on the table and have her pick them so that maybe we can win the lottery," she said.

They'll eat anything

Malaysian troops terribly outnumbered

The Malaysian military can't seem to gain a foothold against an enemy terrorizing its infrastructure. Termites. Many of the country's 80 army bases are believed to be infested, and special officers have been assigned to come up with a strategy. "These termites are like guerrillas inflicting damage on our facilities," Deputy Defense Minister Zainal Abidin Zin told the Star in Kuala Lumpur. "There are more termites than members of the force." And they are hungry buggers. "The termites (are) not only attacking the wood, but also the concrete sections of buildings," he said.

Help wanted

His wife is mad, but he has a plan

When the wife of a Chinese businessman found out he had a mistress, she declared that she would have to beat the mistress up. The mistress was not excited about this plan. So, being an entrepreneur, the man took out an Internet ad seeking a stand-in mistress to take the beating. He wants someone who is at least 35 and native to northeastern China. The job pays $400 per 10 minutes of pummeling. At least 10 people have applied so far.

Compiled from Times wires and other sources by staff writer Jim Webster.

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