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KUNDRA'S DIRTY LAUNDRY
Now it can be told: The mysterious petty theft that President Barack Obama's new computer chief committed at age 21 was shoplifting four dress shirts worth $134 from JCPenney. A 1996 Montgomery County, Md., police report obtained by The Associated Press on Wednesday under a public records law shows Vivek Kundra was observed by a security guard putting the men's shirts into a shopping bag and leaving the store without paying. (NBCWashington.com)
FENTY: NO SUMMER JOBS SNAFU THIS TIME
Make no mistake: The summer jobs program is gonna work this year. Just look at the program’s Web Site: “Welcome to Mayor Adrian M. Fenty’s Summer Youth Employment Program for 2009,” reads the banner headline. (Washington City Paper)
DOG'S GOT EXPENSIVE TASTE
A North Carolina family's dog didn't eat the children's homework, he ate mom's money. Kelley Davis said she had an extra $400 in cash to deposit after working extra hours as a physical therapist. She told the News & Observer of Raleigh that on Friday she planned to deposit the money, but it wasn't in her pocket. (MSNBC)
PORPOISE PLAYS GAMES WITH RESCUERS
Bobbing up and down in a placid lagoon, the young harbor porpoise faced off against a dozen people, four boats, two nets and hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of equipment, all closing in on it Wednesday morning. Everyone feared it needed to be rescued. It glided below the surface, heading straight for a 20-foot-wide net stretched between two boats. Its capture seemed inevitable. (SFGate.com)