Arago: ExhibitsOddly Interesting
Oddly Interesting
Among the National Postal Museum's object collections are the types of things most people associate with postal systems: stamps, envelopes, mailbags, mail trucks, uniforms and other items that are part of the vast and varied history of the U.S. postal network.
But beyond these items that everyone would expect to see in a postal museum are some objects that raise eyebrows among the museum's staff, let alone the general public. In celebration of the National Postal Museum's fifteenth anniversary, the staff selected fifteen objects from the collection that they consider to be odd and out of the ordinary.
These quirky objects have been grouped into five categories. They are objects that have been used to carry or mark mail, objects that have traveled through the mail stream, and those worn by mail carriers. Finally, two of these items reveal a connection between animals and the mail.
Things That Carried Mail
Things That Marked the Mail
Things That Traveled Through the Mail
Things Worn While Carrying the Mail
August 21, 2009
Oddly Interesting National Postal Museum
Federal Bureau of Investigation - Press Room - "FBI, This Week" Radio Show
Federal Bureau of Investigation - Press Room - "FBI, This Week" Radio ShowPress Room
"FBI, This Week" Radio Show
Dogs Sniff for Explosives - I
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Also available on iTunesMr. Schiff: The FBI Police have more than just weapons. Officer Joel Altman has a beautiful dog to help protect FBI Headquarters and employees.
Officer Altman: “ I am one of our Explosives Canine Detection Handlers, and I use Explosives Detection Canine Kurt and he is here with us today, also .”
Mr. Schiff: Tell us about Kurt.
Officer Altman: “Well he’s a black Labrador retriever; he’s a golden retriever black-lab mix, so he’s got a longer coat than most golden retrievers and Labrador retrievers .”
Mr. Schiff: Tell me about training.
Officer Altman: “ They’re introduced to different explosive odors to learn all the explosive families as well as firearms that have been fired and shell casings. And they are introduced to the odors and then as the handlers, we come in; we’re there for 10 weeks and we learn how to actually search with the dogs. So we’re the ones that actually the dog how to search and where to look for explosive odors; what areas on a vehicle or in a building would be productive to find the explosive odors. ”
Mr. Schiff: I’m Neal Schiff of the Bureau, and that’s what’s happening at the “FBI, This Week .”
Slain model had fingers, teeth removed, police said | L.A. Now | Los Angeles Times
Slain model had fingers, teeth removed, police said | L.A. Now | Los Angeles TimesSlain model had fingers, teeth removed, police said
August 20, 2009 | 4:53 pmA swimsuit model had her teeth and fingers removed when she was slain and placed in a suitcase, authorities said today as they announced an arrest warrant for a reality TV show contestant who allegedly killed her.
The gruesome details of 28-year-old Jasmine Fiore's death come as authorities in British Columbia and the United States search for the suspect. Police believe Ryan Alexander Jenkins, who had been married to Fiore, fled into Canada sometime this morning and might be getting help from others.
At a news conference at Buena Park City Hall, a Fiore family spokesman urged people not to help Jenkins.
Jenkins "is an animal. What he has done to Jasmine is unspeakable," said Robert Hasman, who identified himself as a one-time boyfriend. "It's just not right... Understand who you are helping."
The charge comes as officials in the United States and Canada are searching for Jenkins. He was reportedly seen late Wednesday in Bellingham, Wash., where officials believe he may have walked across the border into Canada.
Law enforcement officials said Jenkins used a boat to get to Point Roberts, Wash.,from where he then could have entered Canada on foot.
Earlier today, police issued an arrest warrant for Jenkins.Officials in Washington and British Columbia are focusing their search on the border area.Jenkins, a participant on the VH1 reality program "Megan Wants a Millionaire" and the self-described chief executive of a Canadian real estate development company, was named by Buena Park police as a person of interest in the slaying of Fiore.
Jenkins reported Fiore missing Saturday after they attended a San Diego poker tournament. Her body was found Saturday, stuffed inside a suitcase in a trash bin in Buena Park.
Canadian authorities said Wednesday that Jenkins had a previous conviction for assault on an unidentified woman. And in June, Jenkins was charged in Las Vegas with battery against Fiore, according to court records.Jenkins used his fist to strike his wife in the arm in early April, the records show. They were fighting at a hotel swimming pool when he struck her, a law enforcement source in Las Vegas said.
Jenkins is scheduled for trial in December.--Richard Winton and Andrew Blankstein