New York police have arrested a plus-size woman as a suspect in dozens of pickpocketing cases disguised as hugging. According to the officials, for the past decade Myra Castleberry, 48, has targeted dozens of drunken men as they came out of city's bars, fondled them as she secretly stole their wallets. Officials say Castleberry used the stolen credit cards within hours of the thefts.

Buffalo police has reportedly arrested a huge, 48-year-old pickpocketing woman known as the "Hugging Bandit" who would hug many drunk men in New York and steal away their wallets thereafter. Myra Castleberry is currently being held without bail for targeting dozens of unsuspecting men outside bars over the years. According to AP reports, Castleberry would distract men in the wee hours of the morning by caressing them and then stealing their wallets unknowingly. She would use the victims' credit cards within hours of the thefts.

Authorities at Wisconsin state's Department of Agriculture have issued a warning to a gas station owner in Merrill to stop offering gas discounts to senior citizens and youth sports supporters or face a lawsuit. According to officials, the two cents per gallon price break for senior citizens and discount gas cards for sports followers offered by the store owner violate Wisconsin's Unfair Sales Act, which requires retailers to sell gasoline for about 9. 2 percent more than the wholesale price.

Postcards featuring Britain's late Princess Diana have been banned from royal palace shops. Buckingham Palace and other royal residences have stopped the sale of postcards bearing Diana's image in line with their rule dictating that only cards featuring current members of the royal family should be sold. The move comes despite predictions that the postcards of Diana - who was killed in a tragic Paris car crash on August 31, 1997 - would be hugely popular as the country approaches the 10th anniversary of her death.

Sick of the ever increasing amount of dog poop on the roads and parks, a bunch of preschoolers in Malmo, Sweden, have begun a neighborhood protest against it. On Wednesday, the young protestors marched on the streets in an attempt to force dog owners to scoop the poop.