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By TIMES WIRES
Published March 24, 2007

WHERE'S GERALDO?

THE SAFE IS MORE VALUABLE THAN THE CONTENTS

Officials in Monroe, Conn., were abuzz for the past few days since the discovery of an antique safe behind the historical society's furnace. They were very excited to get it open and see what was in there. Maybe big stacks of money? Or priceless historical artifacts? But they didn't have the combination, and the safe itself was an antique, so they wanted to be careful opening it. A locksmith cracked it on Thursday and found something they had been looking for: a piece of paper with the safe's combination. "Like we need this now," said Nancy Zorena, the historical society's president.

HUNGRY?

Ohio town wants to break record, diet

A record for the biggest buffet was set last year in Las Vegas, a town where you might expect to find a big buffet. But today, the folks in Millersburg, Ohio, are trying to break it. Restaurants, bakeries and family cooks are getting together at the Amish Flea Market and promise nearly 600 dishes, including Hungarian sauerkraut soup, corn casserole, garlic mashed potatoes and sweet potato souffle. The Las Vegas Hilton had 510 in setting the record. "We might not have glitz and glamour, but we know how to cook," said Kurt Kleidon. Organizers hope to feed 1,000 people at $11 each, with proceeds going to charity.

A FRILLY FELONY

Be on the lookout for fancy panties

A group of panty raiders is hitting lingerie stores throughout New Jersey. This week, a man and a woman walked into the Victoria's Secret in a Jersey City mall. While an accomplice distracted the clerk, the man and woman loaded up a bag with expensive bras and panties, according to New York's WCBS-TV. In a matter of minutes, they got almost $15,000 worth of unmentionables. "God, they must look good under their clothes," shopper Loretta Hardy said of the bandits. Cops say they probably aren't stealing them to wear them - though no one is ruling out anything - but apparently there is a big black market on lacy things.

BREW LAWS

Alabama tries to legalize good beer

The Travel and Tourism Committee of the Alabama House voted to move a bill to the full House that would permit the sale of beer with more than double the alcohol content the state currently allows. The law currently limits beer to 6 percent alcohol, but the new law would bump that to 14.9 percent, allowing the sale of specialty beers in the state. "It's time to end the laws that discriminate against beer. There's no other spirits in the state that have these restrictions," Rep. Thomas Jackson, sponsor of the "Free the Hops" bill, told the Huntsville Times. The bill went through the travel committee because supporters say the state is losing tax revenue to Florida, Georgia and Tennessee, where good beer is available.

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