SNIPPETS

DECEMBER 10,  2009

FRANKLIN, N.J., Dec. 9 (UPI) -- Police in New Jersey said a man cross-dressed in his mother's clothes attempted to withdraw $700 from her bank account.  Investigators said Tita Nyambi, 25, of Franklin, was wearing his mother's pink blouse, her black coat and head scarf when he pulled into a Franklin Chase Bank's drive-thru lane at 1:22 p.m. Monday, The (Newark) New Jersey Star-Ledger reported Wednesday.

And we're told he looked lovely.

DECEMBER 9,  2009

LONDON, Dec. 8 (UPI) -- The head chef at a London hospital, fired for eating a piece of garlic bread destined for the trash, has been awarded $41,000 in compensation.  London's Evening Standard reported Tuesday an employment tribunal judge ruled Hamid Elkhiyari was entitled to the payment for his dismissal by Kingston Hospital management last February.

Question:  What happened to the nutbag who fired him?