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A Kentucky woman made off with $15,000 worth of Girl Scout cookies. She and the cookies are missing. Any cookie detectives out there? / John Moore / Getty Images

Here's a quick roundup of some of the mini-moments you may have missed on this week's Morning Edition.

The sweet tooth strikes

You're probably familiar enough with the nursery rhyme "Who Stole The Cookie From The Cookie Jar?" that you can sing along with it. However, today's case is a bit more sinister and we know who stole the cookies. As host Rachel Martin said on Monday, $15,000 worth of Girl Scout cookies were stolen in February by a troop leader in Kentucky. Earlier this month, Leah Ann Vick, 26, was for the cookies

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