ODDLY ENOUGH

ODDLY ENOUGH

Clothes dryers stolen in SC

SUMMERVILLE, S.C.

Police say more than a dozen coin- operated clothes dryers have been stolen from apartment complexes in southeastern South Carolina in recent weeks.

Police say the machines are valued between $400 and $1,500 each. Summerville Police Capt. Jon Rogers says investigators think the thieves are after the money in the coin-operated machines.

Officers say the thieves hit one apartment complex two days in a row, taking four dryers and a washing machine. Five dryers were taken from another complex.

The thefts started last month. No arrests have been made.

Running in skivvies in protest

SALT LAKE CITY

Thousands of people stripped to their underwear and ran through Salt Lake City to protest what they called the “uptight” laws of Utah.

Undie Run organizer Nate Porter says the goal of the event last Saturday was to organize people frustrated by the conservative nature of the state’s politics.

Nudity was prohibited by organizers. Participants donned bras, panties, nightgowns, swimwear or colorful boxer shorts — and some added political messages by expressing support for causes such as gay marriage on their chests, backs or legs.

Salt Lake City is the home of the Mormon church, a vocal opponent of gay marriage.

Porter estimates 3,000 people participated in the run, which began in downtown Salt Lake City and circled past the state Capitol building about a mile away.

Associated Press