I dont know what the heck happens with people who have the burglary job, but it seems there is NO burglars in my neighbourhood! There has been NO buglaries and i played the game since 2007! Since then, nada burglaries! zilch, squat, nil, zero, not a soul. Its extremely strange. I even put a load of expensive things outside (eg vases) and built no burlar alarms or walls, guess what? Unless a angry sim booting a trashcan counts as a burglar, NONE.
About the other thing;
Has your sim been on the drink, and ended up snogging there lovers best mate in front of them? is he going red in anger? thats when you know your bin is going to be knocked over and your newspapers are stolen on a daily routine. And strangely, its become useful to one of my sim's lot's.
Every time the angry ex kicks down the bin, it gives the maid something to do. And also, she NEVER reads the newspaper. So that helps that he steals it. Neat eh?