Police in Florida say a man was arrested after dropping small plastic bags containing marijuana and cocaine into a bank deposit canister with $200 in cash. Tallahassee police said Wachovia Bank employees called authorities about 4:30 p.m.

A stolen snake was found thanks to its meal – an endangered marsupial fitted with a tracking device.

An overheating hippo was so desperate to cool down that he climbed over the side of a 3m (10ft) water tower for a nice long soak... and got stuck.

AP - Nassau County police said a congregant at a Long Island church disregarded at least one of its commandments: Thou shalt not steal. Police said the 46-year-old woman reached over a pew and took cash from a purse while its owner knelt Sunday at Our Lady of Hope Roman Catholic Church in Westbury. Police said an usher saw the theft, and officers stopped the woman as she left the church.

The North Carolina family of a man who died in 1995 said the deceased has received his second post-mortem jury duty summons. Robin Lecin said a jury duty notice for her father, Irving Lecin, arrived Friday at her Greensboro home, which belonged to the patriarch before his death, the Greensboro News & Record reported Monday. Sue Polinsky, another of Lecin's daughters, said she and her sister tried to have her father's name purged from the jury rolls after he was summoned for duty two weeks after his death, but the attempt apparently was unsuccessful. And they spelled his name wrong, Polinsky said of the latest summons. The sisters said they plan to visit the courthouse in person to make sure officials understand that their father is dead.

The New York Police Department says it did not receive any complaints about a block party featuring outdoor fetish and bondage play. The June 21 party, between 10th and 11th avenues on West 28 Street, was attended by several thousand people who sources told the New York Post each paid $10

Police in New York said a swarm of 8,000 to 10,000 bees was relocated from a residential neighborhood to a Connecticut farm. Officer Anthony Planakis, who has served as the resident beekeeper for the New York Police Department for 30 years, described the residents of the hive on the Upper East Side as one of the biggest swarms I have ever seen, the New York Post reported Monday. Police said the bees moved into a giant hive in the neighborhood at some point in the past month and wasn't spotted until the queen took her subjects for an outing at 4 p.m.

Organizers of the Gathering of Elizabeths in Elizabeth, Ill., say 364 women bearing the moniker showed up for this year's event. The organizers of the event, held at Apple River Fort, said attendance was down from the 436 registered Elizabeths last year but the influx of women traveling with

AP - Police said a man broke into a Cincinnati home and proceeded to stay there for a week, watching television and sleeping in the master bedroom while the family was on vacation. The Hamilton County Sheriff's Department arrested 19-year-old Nicholas Truesdell on Friday and charged him with burglary and unauthorized use of a vehicle.

Burglar accidentally takes own photo SUFFOLK, Va., June 29 (UPI) -- A spokeswoman for the city of Suffolk, Va., says a burglar accidentally took his own picture with a victim's cell phone while robbing an area home. City spokeswoman Debbie George said in a statement police are looking for the individual captured in a photograph taken by a cell phone belonging to an area homeowner this month, the Newport News (Va.) Daily Press reported Monday. George said it appeared the male suspect had been attempting to make a phone call during the home break-in and accidentally captured his own image using the device's camera function. The unidentified suspect fled the scene, leaving the phone and its incriminating photo behind, George added. Information regarding the identity of the photogenic criminal could be worth up to $1,000 for tipsters if their clues result in his arrest, the Daily Press reported. Woman, 90, donates 200th pint of blood BAKERSFIELD, Calif., June 29 (UPI) -- A 90-year-old California woman has donated her 200th pint of blood -- that's 25 gallons -- since she got her start as a donor in 1954. Margaret Delfino of Bakersfield, a great-grandmother, said she briefly stopped donating in 2001 when she had ovarian cancer, but she starting giving blood again five years later when her doctors declared her cancer-free, CNN reported Monday. Delfino said she brings her family to donate with her and she would like to increase the number of people in her area who give blood. To think in Kern County that there are only 3 percent who give blood when there are so many who are able to donate, she said.

AP - Some 19th century checks and old rusty tools were left months ago at a bus stop in Longmont, and police say no one has come forward to claim them. The Regional Transportation District turned over the unusual items to police in March after a rider said she found them at a bus stop in Longmont. The items include handwritten checks from 1884 mounted on mat boards, as if they'd been on display.

A 10-year-old girl set a new world record by bringing 567 worms up from the ground during Britain's World Worm Charming Championships. Sophie Smith of Willaston, England, won the competition in her village Saturday by besting the previous world record of 511 worms listed in the Guinness Book of World Records, The Daily Telegraph reported Monday. A number of techniques were employed to try to coax worms from the ground during the light rain Saturday, including a man who strummed rock tunes on his guitar, a woman who tap danced to the theme from Star Wars, a man who played the xylophone with bottles and the most common method, sticking a garden fork into the ground and smacking it with a stick to create vibrations. Kenneth Catania, a U.S.

A 90-year-old Florida woman said the Mercury Comet Caliente she purchased in 1964 is still going strong 558,000 miles later. Rachel Veitch of Orlando, a retired nurse who volunteers several days a week at an Orlando Police Department office, said the car, which she calls Chariot, has lasted her through 45 years and three husbands, the Orlando Sentinel reported Monday. I'll tell you something: This little Chariot has never lied to me, never cheated on me, and I can always depend on it, Veitch said. She said the secret behind her car's longevity is simply taking good care of it. I was never a destructive child, she said.

Reuters - Russia's plan to close gaming halls, from gaudy casinos crowned by extravagant neon structures to dingy dwellings containing a handful of slot machines, could turf a third of a million people out of work this week.

Reuters - The oldest U.S. mounted police unit is going the way of the Pony Express, brought down by a tough economy and a budget crisis in Boston.

Reuters - Quiet please -- Britain's Queen Elizabeth is preparing to have her swans counted.

British coin collectors are paying top dollar for 20-pence (33-cent) pieces mistakenly printed without a date. The coins, which were created using the old heads print for the coin and a new tails side, were not noticed to be lacking a date until an estimated 50,000 to 200,000

Reuters - Madrid's city hall Monday stripped former Spanish dictator Francisco Franco of his title as honorary mayor and adopted son of the capital, 33 years after his death began the transition to democracy.

AP - Police said they arrested a Des Moines man after he reportedly lost his temper with his wife while they were traveling on Interstate Highway 235, wrenched the wheel from her and sent the car careening off the road.

AP - Bill Fulton doesn't remember losing his wallet, but its return helped him remember the past. The leather stayed smooth and the cowboy design unblemished. The zipper moved with ease. And when he looked inside, the contents brought back memories from 1946, when he apparently dropped the wallet behind the balcony bleachers in the Baker Middle School gym.