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The whole enchilada: Mexican borough makes world’s biggest

MEXICO CITY

A Mexico City borough went for the whole enchilada — and got it.

Residents of Iztapalapa cooked up a 230-foot-long, almost 11/2-ton enchilada Sunday. Guinness record official Ralph Hannah announced that it was the world’s biggest.

The colossal concoction was made of corn tortillas, white onions, serrano chilis, green tomatoes, avocado, cheese, cream and a sea of salsas, among other ingredients.

“With this Guinness record, we are showing the world that Iztapalapa is a high-level tourist destination,” said Mexico City tourism secretary Alejandro Rojas.

Mexico City has vied for several world records recently, including the largest number of people dancing Michael Jackson’s “Thriller” and most people kissing simultaneously.

RI cops: Robber had checklist of targets in his pocket

PAWTUCKET, R.I.

Police in Rhode Island trying to stop a string of robberies got a big break when they found a key piece of evidence — a suspected robber’s checklist of targets.

Jimmy Honeycutt and girlfriend Stephanie McDole were arrested last week after Pawtucket police found torn pages from a phone book in Honeycutt’s pocket. Asterisks were marked next to some of the businesses that were robbed this month.

Detectives pulled over the pair because their car matched the description of a vehicle wanted in connection with a robbery at an Attleboro Getty gas station.

Twenty-six-year-old Honeycutt is charged with five counts of first-degree robbery. Twenty-seven-year-old McDole is charged with two counts of first-degree robbery.

It was unclear if either had hired an attorney.

Wis. woman finds her stolen wedding dress, solves crimes

CHIPPEWA FALLS, Wis.

Wisconsin police say a 25-year-old woman’s search for her stolen wedding dress helped solve several other burglaries as well.

After a storage-unit owner called Alena Gadke of Chippewa Falls on Oct. 8 to tell her of some break-ins, Gadke went there and noticed her wedding dress was gone.

Police assured her they would find the thieves, but Gadke was impatient. That night she went to Craigslist and found her dress.

She says she traded 40 texts and voice messages with the seller, who kept changing the time and location to meet.

Gadke alerted police and the next day she met the seller in a Chippewa Falls parking lot, where police arrested the 16-year-old girl. That led police to a 17-year-old boy and a 23-year-old man, who confessed multiple thefts.

Associated Press