Diamond tossed in Salvation Army kettle

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Diamond tossed in Salvation Army kettle
Tossing a stone into a Salvation Army kettle at Christmas wouldn't be a nice thing to do. Unless it's a diamond, of course.
READ HERE

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------

US man fakes mum's obituary
Authorities say a US man published a fake obituary for his living mother in a ploy to get paid bereavement time off from work.
READ HERE

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Tommaso the cat now a millionaire meower
Tommaso, a four-year-old Italian puss who began life as a stray, is now believed to be the richest feline in the world after inheriting a real estate empire worth €10 million ($13.3 million).
READ HERE

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Man Standing Next to His Own Tombstone Shot Dead
A Nevada man was shot dead by a police deputy just a few away from his own burial plot.
READ MORE

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Bottom pincher's 'festive' sentence
An unemployed kitchen fitter has been given a "festive" punishment after he squeezed the bottom of a female Police Community Support Officer.
READ MORE

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Texas con man, 22, tried to play high school football at more than a dozen schools, coaches say
Taylor Markeith Smith is a man trying to play a boy's game
READ HERE

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Maine soda-and-candy-powered car travels 239 feet
The Maine guys known for creating colorful geysers from Diet Coke and Mentos candies say they've set a distance record for a vehicle with soda-and-candy-powered propulsion.
READ HERE

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------

2 Florida Women Stole Christmas Decorations
Police say two South Florida women are accused of stealing Christmas decorations from their neighbor’s yard and putting them in a yard less than a block away.
READ MORE

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Woman admits robbing flowers from child's grave
A woman wept in court today as she admitted stealing flowers from a child's grave after a family caught her in the act on a secret camera.
READ MORE

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------

'Chewbacca' wanted in Florida shooting
Police in Florida are on the hunt for Chewbacca after a witness reported seeing two men and one Wookiee involved in a shooting.
READ HERE

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------

'Bosses hired women with big boobs'
Male bosses decided which women workers to employ based on their bra size, a tribunal was told.
READ MORE

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Postie caught nicking willy pills
A mail worker has dodged jail after being caught stealing penis enlargement pills from the post.
READ MORE

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Taiwan dog poo lottery proves a 'big success'
A Taiwanese city is keeping dog mess off its streets by offering prizes to owners who clear up after their pets.
READ MORE

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Lady Gaga fears she will die like Princess Diana - report
Lady Gaga is releasing a song about the death of Princess Diana - believing she may end up dying the same way as the British royal.
READ MORE

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Criminal charges for 80-year-old who refused to stop feeding ducks
An 80-year-old woman known as "the bird lady" has been criminally charged after she refused to stop feeding flocks of ducks and geese that officials say are littering a pond and park with waste.
READ MORE

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Local Reporter Slurs and Stumbles Through Newscast
Annie Stensrud appeared drunk, drugged and/or generally out of sorts during Sunday’s 10 p.m. newscast on KEYC-TV in Mankato, Minn. Tilting her head, slurring her speech and mispronouncing such words as “institute” and “employees,” the droopy-eyed Stensrud rambled about the weather, a new cancer clinic and Christmas.
READ STORY

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Coke sharing its secret formula (sort of)
After 125 years, Coca-Cola is sharing its secret formula with the public.
READ HERE

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Starbucks cafe made from shipping containers
We already suspected the Starbucks of the future might be serving a whole lot of juice. Now, it looks like tomorrow’s Starbucks cafes might be rectangular and metal — and look suspiciously like shipping containers.
READ MORE/PHOTOS

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------

NC Woman Charged With Buttocks Injections Gone Bad
An exotic dancer looking to enhance her backside is out of work and a North Carolina woman is accused of injecting the dancer with a disfiguring potion.
READ MORE

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Woman says she got staples in her Taco Bell Taco Supreme
A California woman claims she got a nasty surprise when she chomped into a Taco Bell Taco Supreme and found four blackened and rusty staples.
READ MORE

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------

'Witch's cottage' unearthed near Pendle Hill, Lancashire
Engineers have said they were "stunned" to unearth a 17th Century cottage, complete with a mummified cat, during a construction project in Lancashire.
READ MORE

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------