WhiteBoard News for Wednesday, April 9, 2003

Beijing, China (Yangtze Daily):

A Chinese couple with the same surname are to marry after taking DNA tests to make sure they are not related.

The couple, whose surnames are Lu, thought they might be related after a number of telepathic experiences, reports Yangtze Daily, according to China Today.

When the girl fell ill, the man felt an urge to call her though he did not know about her illness. And when the man was in trouble, the girl felt uneasy for no apparent reason.

The apparent telepathy became so strong they started to suspect they were somehow related, even though they are from different parts of the country and their parents did not know each other.

But a DNA test proved they are definitely not related and the relieved couple, who live in Hubei province, have now decided to get married on May 1.
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Pine Bluff, Arkansas (AP):

Police say they aren't sure what charge is appropriate for a man arrested after tellers laughed him out of a bank he apparently tried to rob. 

The man entered a branch of the Bank of America about 10 a.m. Monday, with a trash bag in one hand and the other in a pocket, authorities said. 

"Put the money in the bag," he demanded. 

Instead, one of the two tellers told him the bank was out of money, and the other teller laughed and offered the man deposit slips. She told police that made the intruder angry, and he left without any money in his bag. 

Minutes after tellers alerted authorities, a Jefferson County sheriff's deputy picked up Julius Kearney, 23, of Little Rock, as he walked nearby. Kearney was arrested after witnesses in the bank identified him as the man with the trash bag, police said. 

No weapon was found, and the man at the bank never threatened anybody, so police are unsure how the case will be handled. 

"Technically, it could be robbery, and since it is in a bank, the FBI might also have some regulations about what we can charge him with," said police spokesman Robert Rawlinson. 

"Either he'll be (in jail) or we will put him in for mental evaluation," Rawlinson said. "He's not just going to be released." 
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Cheboygan, Michigan (AP):

Police said two people used dog feces to settle a grudge. 

Cheboygan County prosecutors authorized littering charges against Frank Scott, 51, and Sharyn Ostroske, 55. State police from the Cheboygan post say they threw 40 plastic bags filled with dog feces and toilet paper on the roadway in front of another person's house. 

Troopers said the campaign began last November and extended through January. The suspects each face a $150 fine.
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Raipur, India (Times of India):

A 65-year-old Indian woman is believed to have become the world's oldest ever to give birth.

Satyabhama Mahapatra gave birth to a boy, her first child, by caesarean section in Raipur, in northern India.

Hospital authorities had reportedly discouraged Satyabhama and her husband from having a baby at such an advanced age.

But the couple insisted on going ahead with the pregnancy using an embryo from Satyabhama's 26-year-old niece.

A spokeswoman for the Guinness Book of Records says if evidence of the birth is provided, Satyabhama will be the world's oldest mother.

The current record is jointly held - by a woman in southern California and another in Italy. Both were 63-years-old when they gave birth.

Dr Suresh Kumar Agarwal, who heads the hospital said: "Both the mother and the baby are well."

Satyabhama Mahapatra told The Times of India: "At long last, happiness has come into my life."
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Banja Luka, Bosnia (Ananova):
A burglar dubbed The Masturbator is believed to be behind a spate of office break-ins in Bosnia.

Police gave the man his nickname after traces of semen were found on chairs and desks at crime scenes.

Officers in Banja Luka believe he has been breaking into offices across the town to call sex lines.

Bosses at a number of burgled offices say they have received phone bills for thousands of pounds after sex line numbers were called for hours on the nights of reported break-ins, local media reported.

Nikola Dedic, boss of the Termoelektro firm, said: "We found traces of sperm all around the office. We knew there was an unwanted guest in the company during the night."

A police spokesman said: "In one case there was a bill showing someone went in there and spent nine hours on the phone to one sex line."
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