Robert Turner, a 37-year-old bounty hunter, was looking for a woman wanted for failure to appear in court. Unfortunately, he used an old address and the home he raided now belongs to a police officer. Turner was subsequently arrested for breaking and entering. His bond was set at $5,000.

Farris Hassan, the 16-year-old high school student now notorious for his impromptu "field trip" to Iraq, promised to answer questions on Tuesday in his own words on how he ended up in the Middle East, yet, without anyone's permission, abruptly ditched the scheduled event and had his sister read a prepared statement. At 8 p. m. , Farris' sister, Shehnaz Hassan, walked out, accompanied by her mother. Clutching a piece of paper, she spoke "Farris currently does not wish to address the media. He called and gave me this statement to read to you. '"

Real Estate developers say the Hayward street address rules may scare off buyers who practice the ancient Chinese tradition of feng shui. The practice aims to provide harmony, well-being, and prosperity in ones living and working space. Under a numbering system established by Alameda County in the 1950s, addresses are assigned based on how far the homes are from downtown Oakland. The method puts five digits on almost every mailbox in Hayward and other cities in the county, and residents complain about them being hard to remember.

Managers at Ford Motor Co. 's Michigan Truck plant will start collecting weekly data to monitor rest room breaks, according to the memo, distributed to workers at the plant this week. Ford says workers taking longer breaks are slowing down production.

A new Dutch program tests the limits of reality television by following a woman searching for a potential sperm donor in order to conceive a child. Billionaire television producer John de Mol, behind the pioneer show Big Brother, launched the show earlier this month on his new TV station Talpa.