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AP - Oh, I wish I were an Oscar Mayer … car thief? That’s what an Arizona Highway Patrol officer was wondering when he spotted the iconic Wienermobile rumbling along with plates that came back as stolen.

AP - At first glance, it looked like the inmate was lying in bed in his cell. But a closer examination revealed that it was a dummy: sweat pants and a shirt stuffed with newspapers and a mop for a head.

AP - A certain black cat was lucky someone crossed her path. Mechanic Scott Bella, who works at an auto service shop in this south suburb of Chicago, thought he heard a cat’s meow coming from a customer’s van he was driving on Tuesday.

AP - A Goleta Valley Junior High School teacher is facing charges for allegedly smoking marijuana with two students.

Reuters - Genetic study has confirmed what
archaeologists have suspected for decades — the "Cradle of
Civilisation" is also the birthplace of the house cat.

Reuters - Wimbledon is getting its knickers in a
twist. Tatiana Golovin had the Wimbledon referee reaching for
his rule book when she sought to appear on court wearing red
underwear.

Reuters - Not only is the food at Wimbledon
overpriced but it is not even that tasty, Marat Safin said on
Thursday.

Reuters - Polish Formula One driver
Robert Kubica sidestepped a claim on Thursday that he owed his
life to the miraculous powers of Pope John Paul II.

Reuters - An Israeli criminal slipped away from
house arrest by putting his electronic ankle monitor on his
dog, police said on Thursday.

Reuters - Two German teenagers robbed a girl but
accidentally left their own pictures behind for police on a
discarded mobile phone.