Hold the anchovies

Published 12:01 am Friday, September 16, 2011

And they forgot the cheesy bread: A Rhode Island police officer posed as a pizza delivery driver following reports of robberies of two pizza restaurant employees. Two men were arrested when they attempted to rob the undercover cop delivering their pizza.

But because the pizza wasn’t delivered in 30 minutes or less, the robbery suspects were given a discount on their bail.

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I know this great little cantina there: Astronomers say they have found a Saturn-sized planet 200 light-years from earth that orbits two suns. The scientists named the planet Tatooine after the home world of Luke Skywalker in the “Star Wars” movies.

Sure the sunsets are spectacular, but one wrong step and you can fall into a sarlacc pit where you’ll find a new definition for pain and suffering as you are slowly digested over a thousand years.

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Put the Franklin Mint in charge: The Federal Reserve is having to stockpile U.S. dollar coins and is running out of room. Congress mandated the minting of new coins each year to honor all U.S. presidents, but the public hasn’t shown much enthusiasm for coins featuring Rutherford B. Hayes.

To encourage the public to use the coins, once the presidential series is done, coins will be minted with the likenesses of Elvis, Princess Diana and misty scenics by Thomas Kinkade, Painter of Light.

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