Subscriber Login

Receive Email Updates

CURRENT ISSUE

Inside outsider
Despite past, Newt Gingrich has pedaled his way to evangelical support
FULL STORY

Table of Contents E-zine/pdf Version iPad Version

iPad subscriptions Download app iPad app info iPad app help

Kindle Version

WORLD Magazine Web Extras Commentary Columns

Mobile Version RSS/Social Media

WORLD Magazine WORLD Popular Articles WORLD Movie Reviews Community News Desk Commentary WORLD on Facebook WORLD on Twitter

DISPATCHES | Issue: "New faces of New Orleans" August 15, 2009

Quick Takes

Oddball occurences | The Editors

Ayutthaya Elephant Camp/AFP/Newscom

Painted popular

Figuring perhaps the whole routine of blowing water out of the proboscis had gotten old, elephants at the Chiang Mai zoo in Bangkok, Thailand, have a new method of attracting peanut-toting patrons. Painted in black-and-white watercolor, the five local elephants now resemble the more famous residents at the Bangkok zoo. Ever since a new baby giant panda was born at the zoo, the panda family has received all the attention. The zoo even committed more than $500,000 to build a new snow palace for the new panda family.

Hitching a getaway

It appears that one Michigan parolee probably should have spent more time hatching his post-prison plans. As it stands, a few bad moves by Mark E. White will probably see him back to the slammer for the foreseeable future. Police allege that White, 50, held up a Saginaw, Mich., bank on July 8—not a month after his parole. To make matters worse, a few minutes after holding up the Citizens Bank, White attempted to hitch a ride with a plainclothes officer driving an unmarked vehicle for his getaway attempt. Now, heaped onto charges of bank robbery, police have charged White with carjacking and a host of other offenses.

ACCESS THIS ARTICLE IMMEDIATELY AND RECEIVE ONE MONTH OF ONLINE ACCESS AND TWO ISSUES OF WORLD'S PRINT EDITION—ALL FOR JUST $5. SEE THE NEW SUBSCRIBER BOX BELOW.

IF YOU ARE ALREADY A PRINT OR ONLINE-ONLY SUBSCRIBER, PLEASE LOG IN BELOW.

The complete article is ~1075 words long

Current Subscriber

Magazine
Subscriber

Online-Only
Subscriber

Click here for other subscription options that also will enable you to access this article.

New Subscriber

Secure form

Receive instant access to this article and one-month access to WORLD's subscriber-only online content — plus, enjoy 2 issues of WORLD's print edition — all for just $5*.

Want a different type of subscription? Click the following links for Online-Only Subscription options or Print Subscription options (which include online subscription access).

Payment Information

Name	State	Card Type

Address	Zip	Card Number

City	Email	Expiration Date
		/
	Phone Number

Offer Terms

Subscribers Advantage Automatic Renewal Program You authorize WORLD Magazine to charge your credit/debit card at the price listed above and in time to renew your subscription to WORLD Magazine, without interruption, before the start of the first 6-month term (for $34.95) and then thereafter at 6-month terms at the regular rate then in effect unless you tell us to stop. You may cancel at any time during your subscription and receive a full refund on all unmailed issues. If your credit/debit card cannot be charged, we will bill you directly instead.

*Offer good in the U.S. only for new subscribers.
I agree to the terms above

Outside the US, click here.
Renewing subscribers, click here.
Gift subscriptions, click here.

NEED HELP? Call 800-951-6397, Monday-Friday (except holidays), 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. ET, or send email to customerservice@worldmag.com.

Copyright © 2012 God's World Publications
All rights reserved
Articles may not be reproduced without permission
August 15, 2009, Vol. 24, No. 16

Hurtling toward havoc Aug. 1, 2009 View WORLD E-zine	Crackdown Jul. 18, 2009 View WORLD E-zine	2009 Books Issue Jul. 4, 2009 View WORLD E-zine
Is Christianity in the U.S. doomed? Jun. 20, 2009 View WORLD E-zine	Tiananmen massacre Jun. 6, 2009 View WORLD E-zine	Playing with capitalism May. 23, 2009 View WORLD E-zine