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AP - Authorities discovered dead cats in cold storage and dozens more animals living in filthy conditions Tuesday at the home of a man who led police on a high-speed chase and later claimed he was rushing his sick cat to the veterinarian.

AP - If someone offers you frilly women’s lingerie on the street, call police. Thieves have stolen almost $35,000 worth of underwear, perfume and other merchandise from Victoria’s Secret stores in the Raleigh area since March, police said. Law enforcement officials have no suspects and said it’s unlikely the thieves are stealing for personal use.

AP - A church is giving away a house, but nothing’s really free. The new owner will have to move it elsewhere. First Wesleyan Church is offering the house because it blocks the view of the church from the road, pastor Ernest Martin said.

AP - The Tupelo Buffalo Park and Zoo asked residents Tuesday to help in the recovery of a white-faced capuchin monkey that apparently managed to unlock his pen and escape. Oliver freed himself at about 8 a.m. and led park staff on a chase through the park’s trail system before eventually eluding them.

AP - The cemetery headstone for a teenager who died in a car wreck was repossessed after a $750 bill went unpaid. “That’s just business,” said Linda Anderson of Memorial Art Monument. “If we give every stone to everybody, we’d be out of business. They’d repossess your car if you didn’t make payments.”

Reuters - Colombian mobile telephone users are
being duped by criminals who pose as phone operators and
instruct them to turn off their handsets just long enough to
demand ransom from their families.

Reuters - One of the world's hairiest men, who
nicknames himself "King Kong", has launched a campaign to carry
the Olympic Torch during the relay ahead of next year's Beijing
Games, Xinhua news agency said on Tuesday.

Reuters - Three-time Formula One champion
Nelson Piquet began taking a driving education course on Monday
in Brazil after having his license revoked for racking up too
many traffic violations, local media reported.

AP - It wasn’t exactly “Mission Impossible,” but three burglars managed to break into a grocery store by lowering themselves through a hole in the roof, then eluded the alarm system for two hours by crawling on their stomachs, police said.

AP - Crocs, the rubbery, clog-like shoes, have been deemed inappropriate footwear for workers in patient-care areas at a hospital.