Nearly a dozen 7-Eleven convenience stores will wear a new face replicating the famed Kwik-E-Marts from "The Simpsons" cartoon. Kwik-E-Mart, which was designed in the show to poke fun at 7-Eleven Inc's more than 6,000 North American stores, features unhealthy snacks like Buzz Cola, KrustyO's cereal and Squishees -- a spin off of 7-Eleven's Slurpees.

A life-sized Homer Simpson statue has been recovered and returned to the movie theater from which it was stolen, located in a popular suburban shopping mall near Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia's largest city. "This case has been solved," Mazlan Mansor, police chief of Malaysia's central Petaling Jaya district, told the Associated Press. The culprits, tracked down by local police, were allegedly just overzealous fans of "The Simpsons. "

A stray cat had his head stuck in a jar after he tried to pull a mouse out of a jam jar in Peterborough, England. A motorist sought police assistance after finding the cat wandering beside a road, with the jar on its head and the mouse a few millimeters from its mouth.

Popular cartoon character Tigger is in hot water for allegedly punching a teenager in the face while visiting Disney World in Bay Lake, Florida. Jerry Monaco told the police that Tigger hit his 14-year-old son, also named Jerry, inside the theme park. He said he caught the incident on his video camera.

A statue of the celebrated cartoon character, Dennis the Menace, was stolen from a city park in California, sometime late Thursday night or early Friday morning, Monterey police officials report. The short, spunky, and mischievous terror known for finding trouble and laughs had stood enshrined as a 3-foot, 125 pound statue overlooking park benches and pigeons for the last two decades, with little incident, at least until the menacing thief or thieves unbolted the figure from his resting place. Police said the statue was worth approximately $30,000. The city of Monterey is offering a $5,000 reward for information leading to the statues safe return.