SNIPPETS

DECEMBER 17,  2009

WAUWATOSA, Wis., Dec. 16 (UPI) -- Police in Wisconsin said a well-off couple arrested for shoplifting at a busy department store told officers they committed the crime for the excitement.  Wauwatosa police said the couple, a 39-year-old doctor and his 30-year-old wife shopping at the Mayfair Mall with their two young children, concealed more than $1,500 worth of items in bags from other stores, the stroller carrying the children and the woman's purse Saturday evening, Wauwatosa NOW reported Wednesday.

Considering the reimbursements he'll get under Obamacare, I almost sympathize with the doctor.

DECEMBER 16,  2009

SPARTA, Wis., Dec. 15 (UPI) -- Police in Wisconsin said a man in a Santa Claus outfit was cited after stumbling out of a vehicle and hugging children playing in a yard.  Investigators quoted witnesses as saying the man stumbled out of a vehicle in Sparta and approached a yard where several children were playing, WKOW-TV, Madison, reported Tuesday.

Watch, the ACLU will claim that Santa's rights as a caregiver were violated, and that he suffered emotional distress, causing him to be alienated from red-nosed reindeers.