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To: CharlieChina who wrote (2776)	11/10/2004 8:04:32 PM
From: Tom Swift	Respond to of 3432

Man Allegedly Tries to Swap Pot for Tires 2 hours, 51 minutes ago Strange News - AP SACRAMENTO, Calif. - A man who unsuccessfully tried to barter with marijuana was arrested for stealing two auto tires after the deal was rejected, Roseville police said. Joshua Dean Williams, 20, and another man allegedly tried the pot-for-tires swap at a Sears Auto Center, said police spokeswoman Dee Dee Gunther. When the sales clerk refused, one of the men swung at the worker with a baseball bat, Gunther said. The worker avoided being struck and threw a rock at the car, shattering a window. The suspects grabbed two tires and drove off, Gunther said. The duo returned to the store about an hour later looking for the worker who broke their window, said Tim Thompson, assistant manager of the tire shop. The two fled after workers recognized them, but police were able to nab Williams and arrest him on suspicion of robbery, Gunther said. Williams was being held in the Placer County jail in lieu of $50,000 bail. The second suspect was still at large.

To: CharlieChina who wrote (2776)	11/11/2004 5:34:45 PM
From: Tom Swift	Respond to of 3432

Norwegian Mistakenly Burns Cash for Heat Thu Nov 11, 6:16 AM ET Strange News - AP OSLO, Norway - A Norwegian who felt a bit chilly after a night on the town and decided to stoke his fireplace didn't really have money to burn. It just turned out that way. What he realized too late was that the paper he used to start the blaze was a stack of bills, worth about 15,000 kroner (US$2,400; euro1,830), the regional newspaper Avisa Nordland reported Thursday. "I came home late at night after a party, and wanted a beer before I went to bed," he told the newspaper. "It was cold in the living room, but there was a glow in the wood stove." So the man, identified only as being his 50s, grabbed a handful of paper next to the stove and tossed it in. "I discovered too late that the envelope of money had fallen onto the floor with the kindling paper," he said. He said the cash had been payment for an artwork he had sold earlier in the day. Had there been anything left of the bills, he might have been able to exchange some of it for undamaged bills at the state Bank of Norway, but the wood stove was too efficient. The man, who lives on the Arctic Lofoten Islands of northwestern Norway, told the newspaper his tale of woe on the condition that it did not publish his name.