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Man steals garbage truck, runs from police

ORLANDO, Fla., Dec. 11 (UPI) -- A Florida man stole a garbage truck before leading police on a chase through Orlando and busy neighboring cities, WKMG-TV Orlando reported.

Investigators said the driver, temp worker Robert Green, was leading police on a wild chase, refusing to stop and coming close to parades and other holiday events Saturday.

Green is believed to have stolen the garbage truck from Orlando's Waste Management Services.

"He drove for a good nine miles on the rims alone, tearing up the road," Local 6's Jessica Sanchez said. "They say Robert Green was a desperate, suicidal man who chose a very public and dangerous way to display that."

"There were several different holiday parades and other events going on, so this was absolutely paramount that we stop this subject," said Seminole County sheriff's Lt. Don Rufo. "He was yelling out the window at various times, 'You are going to have to kill me.'"

As it turned out, Green was taken into custody alive.

Perfumed stamp to be issued in India

NEW DELHI, Dec. 11 (UPI) -- A perfumed postage stamp may show consumers that snail mail makes "scents" as an alternative to e-mail, postal officials in India said.

The first-ever perfumed postage stamps in India will be officially released Wednesday, the Press Trust of India said. The Department of Posts said the sandalwood fragrance would last more than a year.

"As sandalwood is an integral part of Indian heritage, which needs to be treasured and conserved, the Department of Posts is issuing a perfumed postage stamp to commemorate this national treasure," the department said in a release.

The stamps would be printed at the government security press at Nasik.

India joins New Zealand, Thailand and Switzerland in issuing perfumed stamps.

Police to place TP order after 20 years

HAGFORS, Sweden, Dec. 11 (UPI) -- Police in Hagfors in western Sweden may experience sticker shock when they purchase toilet paper; after all, the last time they bought some was 20 years ago.

Someone mismarked an invoice -- checking pallets, not packets -- resulting in a mountain of paper products and plastic bags being delivered to the police station in March 1986, The Local said.

The station chief back then opted to accept the delivery rather than complete the paperwork to return it. It took the better part of a day to unload it, said current station chief Bjorn Fredlund.

"We filled 12 garages with it all, as well as all other available spaces," Fredlund said.

The exact amount of TP is unknown, but Fredlund said he was told there were 550,000 paper towels and 3 million plastic bags.

The toilet paper held up well over the years, Fredlund said. The final roll was emptied last week.

"It was single sheet," Fredlund said, "and double would have been nice, but overall it was fine."

Mailman bulldozes trash with his truck

GRAPEVINE, Texas, Dec. 11 (UPI) -- A mailman in Texas refused to let two trashcans disrupt his deliveries, and bulldozed them with his truck, the Fort Worth (Texas) Star-Telegram reported.

The mail carrier was making his daily rounds in Grapevine, which is near Fort Worth. When he came upon a house with trashcans placed illegally out front, he drove into them and pushed them down the street.

A father and son inside the house raced outside and chased the mail truck, trying to get the driver to stop. The driver eventually abandoned the trashcans, the newspaper said.