Two accomplices in the theft of a painting at a Flagstaff restaurant have come forward after a shaming campaign on Facebook.
The Arizona Daily Sun (http://bit.ly/UIyTeU) reported Tuesday that Tyler Christensen, the owner of McMillan Bar and Kitchen, went to social media instead of police after the painting went missing on June 9.
Full StoryMichigan authorities say a man tried to throw a football loaded with drugs and cellphones into the yard of a state prison.
State Trooper Toby Baker says Sunday's throw in Jackson fell short, with the football landing between two fences, not in the yard where prisoners exercise.
Full StoryAn adolescent boy found the mummified body of a man hanging in a closet while exploring what appeared to be an abandoned house in southwestern Ohio.
The director of the Montgomery County coroner's office in Dayton says the body found Sunday had the hardened, leathery appearance of a mummy because 53-year-old Edward Brunton's (BRUHN'-tons) tissue had dried up and was preserved in his home's cold, dark conditions.
Full StoryResidents in a southern Chinese city that's come under fire for an annual summer solstice festival in which thousands of dogs are slaughtered for food have held their feasts early to avoid attention.
Chinese state media say some residents of Yulin started gathering last weekend and eating dog meat and lychees to celebrate the longest day of the year, ahead of Saturday's actual solstice. Reports say the residents wanted to avoid protests by animal rights activists who are angered by the practice.
Full StoryPlates, key rings and fridge magnets with the smiling faces of Spain's king-to-be Felipe VI and his queen Letizia are filling giftshops ahead of their enthronement on Thursday.
Souvenir stores are stacked with mugs and T-shirts that are already proclaiming them the "King and Queen of Spain", even though they have not been crowned yet.
Full StoryThe parking garage where Washington Post journalist Bob Woodward famously met his Watergate informant "Deep Throat" is facing the wrecking ball.
The Arlington County Board has approved plans by a real estate developer to demolish the 1960s office block that houses the indoor garage to make way for a pair of commercial and residential highrises.
Full StoryArsenal's Lukas Podolski delivered on his pre-match promise to get a dressing room photograph with German Chancellor Angela Merkel after Germany's rout of Portugal at the World Cup finals on Monday.
The 29-year-old Gunners star had previously said he wanted to get a selfie with the German leader who was at Salvador's Arena Fonte Nova to watch the match which saw Thomas Mueller score a hat-trick.
Full StoryA central Florida man who weighs about 450 pounds faces multiple charges after sheriff's deputies say he hid cocaine and 23 grams of marijuana under his "stomach fat."
According to a new release, a Volusia County sheriff's deputy stopped a vehicle Friday after noticing that the passenger wasn't wearing a seatbelt.
Full StoryBrazilian businessman Luis Meyer Blumberg owns the mother of all tickets: a lifetime pass to any event he chooses at Rio de Janeiro's iconic Maracana stadium. All except the World Cup, that is.
His ticket may very well be stamped "special seat in perpetuity," but FIFA has pressed the pause button on his eternal access.
Full StoryCroatia international striker Ivica Olic slammed local media for the "shameful" publishing of photographs which showed teammates swimming naked at their World Cup base in Brazil, a local paper reported Monday.
"You can write freely that it's a real shame!," Olic lamented for the Sportske Novosti daily.
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