MONDAY, December 6, 2010

Mexican police have charged a 14-year old boy, nicknamed “El Ponchis,” with being a hit man for a drug cartel.  Officials first became suspicious when they spotted him trying to stuff a body into the trunk of his bike.

The X-37B, a remote-controlled space plane, landed last week after circling the globe for seven months.  It was supposed to return last August, but the pilots spent too much time in the Sky Room at Vandenberg and overshot the runway by four months.

This week marks the 69th anniversary of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor.  Toyota is celebrating by offering a full 20% off dealers’ invoice during its year-end “Sticker Slash-a-Thon.”

A woman in Kent, England dialed 911 to report the theft of a snowman from her front yard.  Bobbies immediately responded by sending Santa’s sleigh which had been displayed on the police station roof.

The Chinese have unveiled a bullet train that can reach speeds up to 300 mph and travel between Beijing and Shanghai in less than four hours.  They’re calling it the “Moo Goo Gai Pan Pacific Railway.”