One dozy thief has been dubbed a 'numbskull' after stealing a handbag from a police officer - in a bar full of police officers.

A reward is being offered after thieves took metal bleachers from the stands of a West Side high school-- one piece at a time.

Utah police say a man accused of stealing two phones from a convenience store was arrested when he flagged down the investigating officer and asked for directions. Police say the officer noticed that John White matched the description a store clerk gave of...

A wily coyote evaded New York City police for two days before being nabbed in a parking garage Thursday

Reuters - A new Bollywood film has put the spotlight on changing sexual mores in small-town India, unsettling conservative filmgoers with spy cam footage and pushing the limits of the country's censorship board.

Reuters - The Church of England has published prayers to help confused and cynical voters ahead of Britain's upcoming election.

A Wisconsin college has found a new way to cut costs with e-mail -- by changing the font.

Complaints have prompted New York City's public housing authority to change a playground jungle gym made to resemble a jail.

A wily coyote evaded New York City police for two days before being nabbed in a parking garage. It was the fourth coyote sighting in Manhattan this year.

A Wisconsin college has found a new way to cut costs with e-mail -- by changing the font

Utah police say a man accused of stealing two phones from a convenience store was arrested when he flagged down the investigating officer and asked for directions

From the robber who simply too ugly to steal, to the man who thought he was invisible, these five criminals show that crime doesn't pay, but it can be hilarious.

A 20-year-old Will County man accidentally shot himself in the hand while he and a friend were shooting at an abandoned farmhouse earlier this month in the far southwest suburbs.

An attempt by Euro-MPs to reinstate an EU-wide ban on misshapen and discoloured fruit and vegetables fails.

A woman who offered a man an orgy and anal sex in exchange for tickets to the baseball World Series - not knowing he was an undercover cop - has gone on trial in America.

A South Side man was arrested for the 111th time and charged after allegedly stealing two Chicago Cubs jackets Monday afternoon from a North Michigan Avenue store in the Tribune Tower, police said.

A Wisconsin college has found a new way to cut costs with e-mail -- by changing the font.

A homeless man has been jailed on charges that he broke into a woman's home, ate her food and was found lying on her bed when she returned home.

Despite reductions in brain size, domestication has not reduced the ability of guinea pigs to navigate a water maze.

Complaints have prompted New York City's public housing authority to change a playground jungle gym made to resemble a jail.