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Ohio township to feds: We don't want your money (AP)
AP - The federal government isn't used to being snubbed when it offers to help local governments.

Woman sentenced for having son dress up as Scout (AP)
AP - A former Bethlehem woman will serve up to 23 months in prison for having her 7-year-old son dress as a Cub Scout to collect money for a nonexistent cause.

Half-eaten Snickers bar implicates hungry burglar (AP)
AP - Police say DNA found on a half-eaten candy bar helped them zero in on a robbery suspect.

Parents want to flush N.C. school's potty policy (AP)
AP - Going potty without a partner can lead to punishment for students at a Burgaw elementary school, but parents want the policy flushed.

Cops say boy, 8, took car for ride, caused crash (AP)
AP - Authorities said an 8-year-old Pontiac boy took a stolen car on a joy ride and caused a three-vehicle crash. Pontiac police said the boy sneaked out of his house Wednesday night and found an empty and running car in his neighborhood.

Wedding day fireworks land groom in jail (Reuters)
Reuters - Bridegroom Kedir Mohamed wanted his wedding day to go with a bang and decided to celebrate by letting off firecrackers after the ceremony.

Inmates showcase designs at prison show (Reuters)

A model displays a creation of Giorgio Armani during a fashion show in San Vittore prison in Milan, May 14, 2008. A group of fashion designers have created a local cooperative called 'Sartoria San Vittore' to help prisoners learn job skills. Female inmates have learned tailoring skills from cooperative members and have made costumes for theatre and television. The Armani outfit was given to the prisoners to use in their fashion show. It was not made by the prisoners. (Stefano Rellandini/Reuters)Reuters - The models are strutting past and the celebrities are carefully eyeing the collections, but it's not at every fashion show that you see prison guards by the catwalk.



"Snake man" slithers out of prison cell (Reuters)
Reuters - A man has escaped from his Austrian jail cell by squeezing through a food hatch in the door, police said on Wednesday.

Green aliens, UFOs said to visit (Reuters)

New Mexico's float, depicting aliens on a spaceship, takes part in the 119th annual Rose Parade in Pasadena, California January 1, 2008. (Mark Avery/Reuters)Reuters - Aliens from outer space have been visiting Britain for years and UFO sightings doubled after the film Close Encounters was released in 1977, according to secret files collating reports by members of the public.



Watchdog raps Skins over "orgy" poster (Reuters)

People pass the Channel 4 television station emblem outside their headquarters in central London April 23, 2008. (Toby Melville/Reuters)Reuters - The advertising watchdog has banned a poster for a teenage TV drama series that featured a dishevelled, semi-naked young woman sitting on a bed, surrounded by couples apparently taking part in an orgy.