STEVE INSKEEP, host:
Good morning. I'm Steve Inskeep.
If you needed desperate measures to survive the holidays with your family, you may sympathize with an Italian man. The man on the island of Sicily went to a police station on New Year's Eve, said he would rather be in jail than spend the holiday with his relatives. The police turned him away, since he had committed no crime. So he committed one, stealing candy and chewing gum from a nearby store. Police then made certain that he got his New Year's wish. You're listening to MORNING EDITION.