Some funny news stories

• SYDNEY (Sydney Morning Herald, 02-15)
  A lawyer charged a woman client $26 (Australian) for opening and reading a Christmas card she had sent him. He billed her an additional $26 for calling and thanking her for sending him the card.

• ISTANBUL (Reuter, 02-11)
  Turkish thieves stole 210 pairs of shoes from outside the Vali Kamil Acun mosque, as Muslim worshipers were praying inside.

• BOGOTA (Reuters, 02-05)
  Six family members were stabbed to death by thieves who stole a clay piggy bank containing about $150 in coins.