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 DEPARTMENTS | "Snakepit" February 11, 2006

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Not-so-great escape

With just a few days left in his 20-day jail sentence for stealing some copper tubing, Lance H. Gauthun attempted his own great escape from the Thurston County (Wash.) Jail. On Jan. 24, the 20-year-old made a break for the exits of the minimum-security jail, but he fell down a steep embankment just as he started his getaway. With temperatures near freezing, Mr. Gauthun was soon shouting for help. "They actually rescued the escapee from himself," sheriff's deputy Daniel Kimball said. With the failed jailbreak attempt on his rap sheet, Mr. Gauthun could be facing between one and three more months in jail.

Currency nukes

Wanted: radioactive money. Kazakhstan's central bank has issued a bulletin to the nation's banks and financial institutions to be on the lookout for radioactive American cash. Apparently about $4,000 worth of $100 and $50 bills in circulation in the central Asian nation somehow became contaminated with radioactivity 100 times above normal levels. For decades, Kazakhstan was used by the Soviet Union as a testing ground for nuclear bombs. No word on whether the government will provide banks with Geiger counters to manually check for the hot money.

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February 11, 2006, Vol. 21, No. 6

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