February 24, 2003
President Jayne Hitchcock

I couldn't make this up if I tried. . .Now this is what I call a dog worth keeping:

Stray puppy walks into police station with £500 in cash
http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_754147.html?menu=news.quirkies
A stray puppy walked into a police station in Mumbai carrying £500 cash in a black plastic bag.
The five-month-old bitch took the money straight to an officer who regularly feeds her leftovers and scraps from his lunch.
Assistant police commissioner N K Hiremath could not believe his eyes when he opened the bag and notes spilled out onto the table.
Inquiries at the police station revealed that a wine merchant had reported a missing money bag at around the same time.
"The money bag was lost on the way home after closing the wine store," said wine trader Sudhir Miskin.
The mongrel, affectionately called Chingi by officers at the police station compound where she was born, was given a meal of meat and rice as a reward.
Story filed: 13:21 Monday 24th February 2003

In the News

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Ebay will fax your data to any old cop who asks - 02/23/03
http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=7935
A REPORT ON Israeli newspaper Ha'Aretz said that law enforcers need only to call Ebay and they'll be sent every detail of visitors to its auctioneering web site, tout suite.

Three men arrested in Internet sex sting - 02/22/03
http://www.omaha.com/index.php?u_np=0&u_pg=36&u_sid=662368
Three men were arrested within four days on suspicion of using the Internet to set up meetings with teenagers for sex.

Special unit to hunt down cybercriminals - 02/19/03
http://star-techcentral.com/tech/story.asp?file=/2003/2/19/technology/19thai2&sec=technology
A "cyber unit" has been set up in Thailand by the Crime Suppression Division of the police to investigate crimes on the Internet, amid reports that the country is seen as a haven for foreign cyber felons.

Bill could force Net pedophiles to pay out - 02/18/03
http://www.denverpost.com/Stories/0,1413,36%257E61%257E1186915,00.html
Rep. Lauri Clapp wanted to pass a law creating a felony for sending pornography to a child or soliciting sex from a person posing as a child on the Internet.

The Questions That Caught A Hacker - 02/18/03
http://www.thisisnottingham.co.uk/displayNode.jsp?nodeId=66056&command=displayContent&sourceNode=65583&contentPK=4226039
A schoolgirl has been praised by police for helping them catch a teenage computer hacker who made £2,000 from credit card numbers stolen on the internet. Crime Correspondent STEVEN SHUKOR reports

Court rules in Nashua woman's Internet stalking, murder case - 02/18/03
http://www.nashuatelegraph.com/Main.asp?SectionID=25&SubSectionID=377&ArticleID=74077
The state Supreme Court on Tuesday gave new hope to a Nashua woman who's suing an Internet information broker over the death of her daughter.
Helen Remsburg is suing Docusearch Inc., claiming the Florida company invaded her daughter's privacy and broke other laws in helping the stalker find her.

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