Crazy World: Mom locks child in metal dog cage

An Oklahoma woman has pleaded guilty to child neglect after one of her children was found locked in a metal dog cage while two others were unattended and her husband was passed out on painkillers.

The woman faces up to five years in prison at sentencing. The woman's husband has pleaded not guilty to child neglect and faces an Oct. 7 trial.

The Associated Press isn't naming either parent to protect the children's identities.

In an affidavit read Thursday, the mother admitted she "should have known" her husband likely would neglect the children. He had suffered a recent back injury and was taking powerful painkillers.

The woman's attorney, Ed Lindsey, called the plea deal the best outcome for his client. A prosecutor was not immediately available to comment.(AP)

Nuns caught smuggling cocaine in Colombia

Three women dressed up as nuns were caught at a Colombian airport trying to smuggle cocaine taped to their bodies, police said Tuesday.

The women were caught Saturday after arriving on Colombia's Caribbean island of San Andres on a flight from Bogota.

They thought the disguise would spare them from being searched. But their habits were shabby and the women acted nervously, which gave them away, said San Andres police chief Jorge Gomez.

Each had two kilos (4.5 pounds) of cocaine taped to their body.

Every month Colombia catches dozens of people trying to act as drug couriers headed abroad, with cocaine hidden everywhere from inside books to inside the stomachs.(AFP)

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