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Guiseppa Cannata substituted a diamond worth more than $46,000 with a fake in a jewelry store, then boarded a train for Europe with his booty.
But the unlucky thief caught the same train as the store owner, who spotted him and called police
Police are looking for the person who has found a way to broadcast on the same frequency as a Burger King drive-through speaker, and has interrupted business transactions three times with obscene remarks to startled customers.
Australian police have warned "beer wenches" — scantily-clad women hired by cricket fans to queue at the bar for alcohol — that they would not be welcome at the one-day international series with India.
The days may be so numbered for Chandler, Monica and the rest of the gang on the final season of the hit U.S. sitcom, "Friends," but they may have left a lasting imprint on contemporary English, with their perpetual use of "so" — as in "so cool."
Japanese troops heading for Iraq in coming weeks will be equipped with everything required by a modern army: portable anti-tank rocket launchers, recoilless machine guns, flak jackets and . . . hundreds of soccer balls.
A doctor's idea of show and tell — opening up a cadaver arm in front of fifth-graders for a lesson in anatomy and art — caused one student to faint and made others feel sick from the smell of formaldehyde.
