A jeweler turned drink designer has made a cocktail with a hefty tab the beverage costs a wallet busting 950 dollars. Ruby slippers are a hot comodity and now apparently ruby drinks are the new wave in beverage culture.

Prosecutors in Norway indicted six people for participating in the theft of Edward Munch masterpieces "The Scream" and "Madonna. "In August 2004, masked gunmen took the famous paintings from the Munch Museum in Oslo in broad daylight. The pieces are still missing, despite an extensive search and a $300,000 reward for their recovery, reports The Associated Press.

More than 200 partiers dressed like Saint Nick gathered in Los Angeles to do some pretty unsaintly things in the name of Santacon. It's a spontaneous, rollicking piece of performance art that, depending on who you ask, is known as Santacon (for "Santa Convention"), Santarchy (think anarchy), or Santa Rampage. The fun-loving Santas swarmed Los Angeles subways, sidewalks and bars doing some un-Santa-like things in the name of meaningless fun, the Los Angeles Times reported. Those in costume doled out oddities such as old credit cards and ramen noodles as Christmas gifts to passersby Saturday. They even stopped at bars to have a few drinks. Most onlookers say they were very amused.

Usually when visiting an art exhibit, patrons are invited to look, but not touch. However, an exhibit in Miami hopes rule-breakers will not only touch, but taste as well. Visionaire art magazine hosted an exhibit Saturday and Sunday inviting visitors to a "taste bar" featuring small strips that dissolve in your mouth. Artwork is paired with each flavor, strategically placed above each strip.

People expect thieves to look for keys things when they are on a stealing spree: cars, money, jewelry, priceless antiques and art. But light poles? Officials in Baltimore say that is exactly what a ring of thieves has been doing all around the city; stealing 30-foot light poles. Police say the thieves, sometimes posing as utility workers, place orange, construction-style cones around the area to avoid looking suspicious.