Oddly enough

Oddly enough

South Korean driver earns license on 960th try

SEOUL, South Korea

A South Korean woman who earned a driver’s license after 960 tries is ready to buy a car and get behind the wheel.

Yonhap news agency reported Thursday that 69-year-old Cha Sa-soon passed the driving part of the test last month on her 10th try.

South Korea requires a written test first, and Cha took it nearly daily since April 2005 before passing last year.

Yonhap quoted her as saying she wanted to buy a small secondhand car to visit her son and daughter and for her business selling vegetables.

Repeated calls seeking comment from her went unanswered.

Officials at the driver’s-license agency in Jeonju, 130 miles south of Seoul, were not available to comment.

Police: Officer was in line behind would-be robber

COLUMBUS

Authorities in Ohio say a woman tried to rob a bank with a note and then attempted to eat it once she saw a uniformed officer in line behind her.

FBI Special Agent Harry Trombitas says the woman, wearing sunglasses, handed the teller the note at a Columbus Chase bank branch Wednesday morning. Trombitas says in a statement that the off-duty officer wasn’t aware of what was going on, but when the woman noticed him, she grabbed the note and fled.

Outside, the officer arrested the 40-year-old Columbus woman, Lois Harvey. Trombitas says she tried to swallow the note as she was nabbed, then coughed it up onto the sidewalk.

Harvey remained jailed Thursday after a judge set bond at $250,085. Court records do not list her attorney.

Candles offer whiff of White Castle

COLUMBUS

Fans craving merely the aroma of an oniony White Castle hamburger can indulge themselves with a White Castle scented candle.

The fast-food chain based in Columbus this week introduced candles infused with the smell of its “slyder” burgers in a promotion with Autism Speaks.

Proceeds from the sale of the $10 candles will benefit the New York-based charity.

The candles, sold at White Castle restaurants and on the company’s Web site, resemble a packaged White Castle burger.

The wax is encased in a ceramic holder that looks like a slyder’s cardboard sleeve.