An anonymous donor dropped $3,000 into the Salvation Army of Pottsville's red kettles for its campaign. According to 18-year-old Andrew Hunt, the bell ringer who was on duty Monday, a man put 30 $100 bills into the kettle at the Schuylkill Mall in Frackville.

A bell ringer for the Salvation Army was caught shoplifting Christmas ornaments, all the while singing "The First Noel. " Sean M. Sayers, 33, who was arrested by police on Wednesday, was reportedly on his break from working outside a Wal-Mart.

The government of President Hugo Chavez will replace an 8-foot-tall glass monument to Ernesto "Che" Guevara that was smashed by vandals who called the icon a "cold-blooded killer. " The shattered monument, shown Friday on state television, was unveiled less than two weeks ago on Oct. 8 by Vice President Jorge Rodriguez and Cuba's ambassador to Venezuela to mark the 40th anniversary of Guevara's death.

U. S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice turned down requests to witness her ice-skating talents and warm up frosty U. S. -Russian relations during a visit to a rink in Russia, Friday. In a report Rice said that it had been 10 years since she last put her feet inside ice skates.

Zimbabwe's central bank governor is asking for limits and controls on the price of beer. He said cheap lager was responsible for turning the country into a nation of drunkards. In June the price of beer and other commodities were cut by the government in an attempt at at staving off inflation. Current estimates now have levels at 6,500 percent. Reports out of the country say that a pint of lager is now only available in hotels and is cheaper to buy than a bottled of mineral water.