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News of the Weird

Lead Stories Life imitates the movie Take the Money and Run: Vincent E. Rudolph, 36, was arrested in York, Pennsylvania, in March and charged with committing three robberies. In at least one of them he allegedly used a holdup note that read “Give me the money I got a gum.” In April the Associated Press […]

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Petty Crime

April 28, 12:30 PM, 1500 block of East 53rd. Assault. Man was stopped on street by boss from convenience mart, who accused him of stealing store’s candy to sell after business hours. Employee denied accusation. Boss, who moonlights as security guard, was in uniform. He put gun to employee’s ribs, searched him, found candy, and […]

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Course Evaluation/Heading For the Palace/As the Door Spins/Fun in Yugoslavia

Course Evaluation As a student at Tennessee State University, Oprah Winfrey majored in speech, communications, and performing arts, but when she returns to academia this fall as an adjunct professor at Northwestern University’s J.L. Kellogg Graduate School of Management, her subject will be the art of leadership. With her longtime beau, marketing executive Stedman Graham, […]