A check linked to the "Curse of the Bambino" goes on sale here Tuesday. Signed by Jacob Ruppert in 1922, the check for $50,000 helped secure the trade of Babe Ruth to the New York Yankees from the Boston Red Sox in 1919. That sale is said to have begun the "Curse of the Bambino. "

An 80-year old woman was attacked by an 18-year old man, but ended up holding the attacker's gun and pointing it directly at him. The gun slipped out of the man's grip and fell on the floor during a scuffle. The woman managed to grab it and use it to threaten the man intending to run away with her purse.

Police arrested two men who wheeled a corpse in an office chair through the streets of Manhattan, with an attempt to cash in the dead man's Social Security check. The pair, David J. Dalaia and James O'Hare, pushed the chair that contained the body of 66-year old Virgilio Cintron from the two men's apartment in Manhattan, to the Pay-O-Matic, a store that cashes checks. They pushed the corpse for one block, according to witness testimonies reported by the police.

Police are currently searching for a man who allegedly walked in on a funeral, offered condolences to the departed's family, and then left - but not without making off with the funeral's collection bag. Attendees of the funeral of 30-year old ironworker David Rabun told police that no one in David's family recognized the person, who according to Rabun's mother Sandra Alton, went up to the microphone and said he wanted to express his condolences, even though he did not work with David.

In a scene reminiscent of Hitchcock's 'Psycho,' police entered a Florida home to find a man keeping the body of his deceased, 86-year-old roommate in the bed where he supposedly died at least thirty days prior. Punta Gorda police believe the 86-year-old John William Jones remained in the bed he died in while his roommate, David Morse, 40, carried on as usual, except with slightly more capital. Morse allegedly has been using Jones' ATM card and collecting his social security and pension checks since his death.