Honest driver returns
tens of tfeotisaeds of
dollars left in cab
MANILA, Philippines (AP( —
Fw drive ihe straight and nar
row like Kmilto Ad vincula
Aiivim uU a Manila < ah dri
ver. earned praise Iasi weak for
turning in about 2 million
pesos ($77,000) in cash and
jewelry Mi in his cab by a San
Francisco tourist
Then the madia discover**! it
was Ihe second such act of
honaaty lor Adviraula. a father
of three who lives in a slum in
suburban Manila
In itnw. Ad vim ut* turned in
2JI million pesos ($06,000) that
another tourist left in his cab
President Fidel Kamo# pro
poved today that Ihe Depart
maul of Tourism rncogBlce
Ad vincula as an "outstanding
Filipino “
Officials have given him an
unspecified reward and a
m lioUrdup kr his three children
r
t
THAN FICTION
Homeless man was
plugged la,' bet aew
he’s behind bars
NOVATO. Calif (API —
Horn*!*** and living along a
highway. Neal Berry spent nit
meager naming* on a portable
computer nihn than rani
Chary slept in a lent on a mat
tr«M taken man a trash bin Bui
ha had a laptop computer and a
ctlluiv phone with modem,
which enabled him to tonne* t
to a computet bulletin board,
voice mail and a pager service
— all paid for out of hi* f« an
hout salary as a shipping and
inventory clerk
On Friday, however, he was
arrested ami accused of stealing
heavy duly industrial batten**
from the state inatpontiion
agency to pernor hta equipment
Highway worker* Mid they
found (lie baituriM when they
•tumbled onto hi* atmptite
"I fust found ihe batteries."
Berry told the Son Fmncixco
Examiner in • fatihouae inter
view. Apparently someone
ei*e put them there • few
month* ego. I found them end
•letted using them ”
Berry, 22. **id he choee to
temp hr the highway after fail
ing to find an affordable apart
ment when he moved to the
area in J »**.
**ln Novato, you can't even
find a •ingle room the! coat*
le*» then $500 a month.' be
•aid ' If 1 were to have an
apartment, t wouldn’t have had
any furniture. I'd |u*t barely be
able to eat It would have
sucked up all my income "
Instead, he spent £2.000 tor a
Toshiba laptop computer and
$$oo no a mortem
Each month he spent $3$ for
•n account with a computer
bulletin bmud with e-mail $*a
CM) hi* c ellular phone (Mil. *W
few membemhip at a gyro where
he took xbowerx; 142 tor a «t«w
age »hed (or cirri ban and other
pouaultmi be wsa afraid to
keep in the tent, and St3 for a
mailbox
On llna. ha made more
friend* in a month than be had
all year, he xaid
*‘t've never been to Jail
before." be aaid "Bril there la a
bright aide: three hot* and a cot
at taxpayer expenae "
Ernie and Bart stolen
from sfiow; Miss
Piggy damaged
ERFURT, Germany (API —
Min Piggy wa* under police
protection Monday, after her
colleague* finite and Bert were
*1 winded
Thieve* knocked through a
wall and plundered an axhibit
of original Muppei puppet*
mrtn^il Sunday at the Krfwl
Cardan Show They also
imuhni a iiiat* case. trying to
rip Mia* Piggy from her die
play. but were untiKxaulul
Wo Hava no* ye* determined
bow eslenslve !ho damage
wu" to Mitt Piggy, said exhib
H organ!** Adolf Hlaarhka
Mias Piggy was plated in
polka naatmfy Monday
The trio went among Ml orig
inal Moppets tanled by a thin
iab firm for the exhibit in
Erfurt. 110 mtlaa northeast of
Prankfurt
The Ernie and Bert puppet*
were valued at $120,000.
Blast hka said
hermit. Big Bird and the
other Jim Henson creations
were not harmed, he said
Police were investigating
Police supervisor Manfred
Kosho said five television sets
and an expensive video camera
were taken from the room —
and no ransom note was left few
the puppets
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