PLEASANTON, Calif. - A man and a woman have been charged with stealing mail from collection boxes in Pleasanton in a most unusual way — using rat glue traps to fish for letters. "It's pretty pathetic, ...

Snapping a rat’s neck with a spring-loaded trap … fine. Electrocuting a rodent with a zap-trap … OK. But for a pair of progressive New York City elected officials, those stuck-till-you-starve glue ...

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