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SATURDAY,  AUGUST 29,  2009

NEW YORK, Aug. 28 (UPI) -- A disabled veteran in New York says a hot dog vendor who lost his spot in front of a museum hired him as a way to keep his place, under a 19th-century law.  The city revoked Pasang Sherpa's permission to sell hot dogs in front of the Metropolitan Museum of Art after he defaulted on a $642,000 city contract, but the vendor returned to the spot using an old law allowing disabled veterans to sell merchandise on the streets without a contract, a veteran told the New York Post.

Creative solution, and a disabled vet gets a job.  Good for Pasang Sherpa, thumbs down on the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

FRIDAY,  AUGUST 28,  2009

FALKENBERG, Sweden, Aug. 28 (UPI) -- One man was sentenced to prison and another received probation after one of them tried to sell stolen jewelry to its rightful owner, Swedish police said.  A 46-year-old man was convicted of stealing the jewelry and was given a nine-month prison sentence. A 54-year-old man was given probation for trying to fence it, the Swedish News Agency TT reported Thursday.

Well, look, at least they gave the rightful owner the first crack, obviously a reflection of Sweden's social-justice policies.

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