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What We've Found: Bad cops, bad rotties, toilet bags, OJ, hot sauce, etc

POSTED: Tuesday, March 2, 2010, 3:22 PM
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Christine Adkins here with your morning fix:

Keith Hicks, a Camden cop who guarded the former mayor, pleaded guilty yesterday to fondling two women in his patrol car while on duty and then faking his police log to cover his tracks.

With US aid forces still battling the devastation in Haiti, Chile is calling on the United Nations foe help — mainly field hospitals and equipment, to assist its population after one of the largest recorded earthquakes struck the country on Saturday.

CanÂ’t find that spot-a-pot when you just have to go? A Swedish entrepreneur has created a biodegradable one-time-use toilet bag, the Peepoo, in hopes to help urban slums and developing countries dispose of their waste properly.

Must we always be obsessed with O.J. Simpson? Though the former NFL star is currently behind bars, Fred Goldman is suing him for possession of a suit that he wore during trial. The suit may even be heading to the Smithsonian.

Ax Men, the History Channel reality show, has just received a major blow: Jesse BrowningÂ’s daughter was mauled to death by their pet Rottweiler.

The nationÂ’s grief, shown through 1.5 million letters to widow Jackie Kennedy, are compiled together for the first time in Ellen FitzpatrickÂ’s new book Letters to Jackie: Condolences from a Grieving Nation.

Tabasco, the best-selling hot sauce in the nation, turns 142 years old. Happy birthday, Tabasco.

Imagine rewinding the timeline of actors, so that Audrey Hepburn and — oh Christ — Miley Cyrus share the big screen. With new digital filmmaking technology, this phenomenon may be in the new future. May God have mercy on our souls.



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