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"Florida man gets out of jail, immediately steals from car in prison parking lot: cops".

Snopes. Politifact.

Niceness isn't dead.

As a quick aside, stories about nice Taco Bell employees pop up with some frequency. Sometimes they even turn up inside terrible stories. What’s in the employee workbook over there? Who’s doing the hiring? We want to know.

Four out of the five things hold no appeal for me.

I got to this via a book I've just started, Thou Shalt Innovate by Avi Jorisch.  As Jorisch puts it (p. 4): ". . . Yaron had used chutzpah to cheat death."

Might well bring a tear to your eye.

Although Gisele, who is now 2, still needs to use a supplemental feeding tube, said Liz Smith, her daughter now weighs 23 pounds and has an appreciation for cheese, avocados and pizza. She is also energetic, loving and often bursts spontaneously into song.

“Her new favorite song is ‘You Are My Sunshine,’ ” said Smith. “And every time she sings it, I think to myself, ‘You have no idea.’ ”

Why? Quite a story. (6 or 7 minute video depending on whether you watch the ad at the end.)

Related: "Why did SIX U.S. fighter jets fail in mid-air?"

Warm and human and quite funny.

Forget it, Jake. It's Europe.

But Breitwieser has spotted a 17th-century still life by Dutch painter Willem van Aelst that is simply too tempting. And it seems so easy to take. He puts the painting under his arm and walks out as casually as if he's carrying a baguette. A gallery employee instantly spots the theft, accosts the couple outside the gallery, and escorts them across the street to the police. Breitwieser and Kleinklaus remain in custody overnight but manage to convince the authorities that this is the first time they'd ever stolen and that they are terribly, deeply sorry. They are released with hardly any punishment.

Yes, I hadn't heard of him before, and yes, he's pretty amazing.