Subscribe | UPI Odd Newsletter Subscribe 80-year-old plays Robin Hood, robs banks KANSAS CITY, Mo., Jan. 1 (UPI) -- An 80-year-old Missouri man with a pellet gun said he robbed a bank and tried to hold up another so he could give away the money, court documents show. Advertisement Retired railroad engineer Augusta Cannon was charged with attempted robbery of a U.S. Bank branch in Kansas City. U.S. Magistrate Judge Robert E. Larsen ordered him held without bond pending trial, The Kansas City Star reported. Cannon allegedly pointed a gun at the teller demanding money, but left when told the teller had none, the newspaper said. After his arrest Monday, Cannon allegedly told FBI investigators he had used the same pellet gun about 15 minutes after the attempted robbery to rob a UMB branch of about $8,700. He said his motive for the robbery and robbery attempt was to give the stolen money to underprivileged children, the Star reported. Advertisement Bank employees said $,8,700 was taken in the robbery, but Cannon told police he had given away most of what he took. Cannon has not been charged in the alleged robbery and less than $1,000 was found at his home in a subsequent search, police said. Alleged left-shoe theft ring busted MALMO, Sweden, Jan. 3 (UPI) -- International left-shoe thieves have been busted in Sweden, police say. Authorities in the southern region of Skane told the Sydsvenskan newspaper they arrested two men in their 50s who allegedly stole seven single left shoes worth $1,400 from a Malmo, Sweden, shopping center on Saturday. Malmo Police Detective Stig Moller told the newspaper single-shoe thievery isn't uncommon. He said thieves will steal left shoes in Sweden and then travel to Denmark to steal the right-foot counterparts. Couple repents immediately after divorce SOUTHEND-ON-SEA, England, Jan. 1 (UPI) -- A British couple who divorced at leisure repented in haste and decided to remarry almost immediately. Lee Jones told the Daily Mail his Christmas Eve marriage to his ex-wife, Jan, was "the best decision we ever made." The couple decided to tie the knot a second time Nov. 10, the day their decree became absolute, but waited for the ceremony because Christmas Eve would be "romantic." Advertisement The 10 Jones children served as attendants for their wedding at the Southend-on-Sea registry office. The couple married the first time in 1990 in a traditional church wedding in Southend, where they still live. Lee Jones said money problems after he lost his job as a civil engineer with Thames Water in June put a strain on their marriage. But he said the period of separation was the worst time he has ever had. The day the divorce became final, Jan Jones called her husband and they ended up getting together for a talk. "We were sitting at the kitchen table together and I said, 'But I still love you,' and he said, 'I still love you -- why are we doing it?' We decided to give it another go," she said. Colorado landfills: not enough trash DENVER, Jan. 2 (UPI) -- Some landfill operators in Colorado say the recession is causing budget cuts, increased fees and layoffs due to a shortage of their only resource -- trash. At six landfills owned by Waste Management of Colorado, including one of the state's largest in Denver, trash loads have decreased up to 25 percent, The Denver Post reported Saturday. Advertisement The most recent figures from the Environmental Protection Agency show 5 million fewer tons of garbage went to landfills in 2008 than in 2007, the newspaper said. Americans tossed out 4.5 pounds of garbage per person daily in 2008, down from 4.63 pounds the year before, the EPA said. Figures for 2009 are not yet available "I can tell you it's been a really bad year. Our people have really been hurting," said Tom Metzger, spokesman for the National Solid Wastes Management Association. "I don't know that it's ever been this bad." In Aspen, a decline in winter visitors is adding to the problem. "In our case, it's tourism that generates the most trash, and there are fewer people here," Pitkin County waste manager Chris Hoofnagle said.
