A thief tried to rob a Mexican restaurant, but couldn't get the job done when he encountered an employee who pretended he didn't speak English. Muncie police Sgt. Al Williams says that when James Adams, 44, tried to rob the Puerto Vallarta Mexican Restaurant and Cantina, one employee stalled the thief by pretending he only spoke Spanish.

A Mexican man is behind bars in federal custody after witnesses said he lunged toward the cockpit during a flight from Los Angeles to Honolulu Saturday night. Passengers arriving on Saturday night's Northwest Airlines flight told authorities they were scared when Santiago Lol Tizol, 37, raged through the aisles, ignoring the flight crew and threatening to kill a baby.

U. S. Border Patrol agents are balking at wearing their uniforms, which bear the labels "Made in Mexico. " "It's embarrassing to be protecting the U. S. -Mexico border and be wearing a uniform made in Mexico," says T. J. Bonner, president of the National Border Patrol Council.

Guinness World Records has officially recognized L. Ron Hubbard, acclaimed author and the founder of Scientology Dianetics, as the world's most translated author. This new world record, officially verified as 65 languages, beats the previous record of 51 languages set in 1997 by American author Sidney Sheldon. It also exceeds the unofficial count of 63 for "Harry Potter" novelist J. K. Rowling and the 64 languages translated for "The Diary of a Young Girl" by Dutch teenager Anne Frank.

Federal police at Mexico City's international airport have seized over one million dollars in cash after discovering the bills packed into cans labeled as chili peppers. The Associated Press