Rutland, Vermont 
Two Marble Valley prison escapees were caught in New York City. Police also found their to-do list, which reads, "Drive to Maine, get safer place to stay, buy guns, get Marie, get car, Dartmouth, do robbery, go to New York."

Austin, Texas 
The state is adding 113 parole officers, bringing the total number of officers to 1,178 in 67 district parole offices. They will supervise 75,000 parolees, the Department of Justice said. (Case load of 64 parolees per officer.)

Brigham City, Utah 
A Judge sentenced supervisor Joseph Smoot, 48, to up to 15 years in for misusing $24,000 in public money. He will serve 30 days, but make restitution and pay a $1 ,850fine.

Modesto, California 
The Air Quality Control Board plans to take the Ku Klux Klan to court for cross burning. When local law enforcement was unable to stop Klan demonstrations, they contacted the Air Quality Control Board for help. The AQC Board contends that the Klans cross-burnings violate local air pollution regulations.

Paris, France 
Le Figaro, a retired factory owner was served with a back taxes bill for $745,000. He argued, the tax collector insisted, he refused, the tax collector threatened. Finally he paid the entire amount of the bill, with 22 tons of coins. It was perfectly legal. The law only says the bill must be paid in legal tender. The legal tender Le Figaro selected was about four million one-franc coins.

Omaha, Nebraska 
The Nebraska Police were surprised when a officer received a page from a drug dealer setting up a sale. The dealer would set up buys with this crack cocaine customers· by paging them, arranging an impromptu meeting at constantly changing locations, then quickly move on.

How'd he get caught? He misdialed the intended beeper number by one digit according to Sg1. Marc Langan. He then set-up the deal, not realizing he was speaking with a police officer.

Reno, Nevada 
A citizen surprised three men who were burglarizing his car. A fight ensued and the victim got the worst end of the deal. Finally, the furor and attention it brought forced the trio to flee. 22 year old suspect Felimone Ruiz-Perz was running at full speed to make his get away when he failed to notice the brick wall ahead of him. Ruiz-Perz ran right into the brick wall knocking himself unconscious until well after police and ambulance crews arrived. He had a good laugh, was loaded into the ambulance for Washoe Medical Center and then transferred to jail.

London, England 
The constables of London Metro's Ealing Division have been warned not to cut the hair too short. Police Superintendent Bill Troke - Thomas warned the bobbies that those who "refuse to let their hair grow may face desk duty." The feeling is that short haircuts make officers look too aggressive.

Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 
Police were called at 8am on a recent Saturday morning after an office worker arrived at work and found the office had been broken into and the safe was standing open. The office worker quietly pointed to the man, fast asleep and snoring loudly on the floor in front of the safe, as the probable burglar. It seems the thief was a poor quality locksmith. When skeleton keys wouldn't get him in, he resorted to brut force. Police believe he had worked so hard at the break-in that the little guy just fell asleep on the job.

Minoa, New York 
Three 13-year-old boys charged with conspiring to set off a homemade fertilizer bomb in Minoa, N.Y. were ordered to stay home from school for the next year. The eight-grad students were arrested Feb. 1 for allegedly planning to blow up the main office of Pine Grove Junior High School. Police said the boys got information to make the bomb off the internet. The boys will be schooled at home for 12 months. They still face felony conspiracy charges.