Grad Student Recovers Stolen Thesis From Dumpster

She must have realized that the old "my dog ate my thesis" excuse wasn't going to work.

When Linda Cerniglia went back to school, it took her almost seven years to get through all the prerequisites, the labs, the research. And it took a thief just moments to grab her purse, with the only copy of her master's thesis stored on a tiny jump drive inside.

(Source: WaPo)