A German Santa turned crime buster when he leaped into action and chased two shoplifters before subduing them. The 52-year-old Santa Claus, Dieter Thurn, was sitting in a department store in Bremen when he saw the two suspects, aged 20 and 23, filling their rucksacks with expensive cosmetics.

A department store Santa turned into a crimefighter when he apprehended two shoplifters. Santa Claus Dieter Thurn, 52, was in his place in a department store in Bremen when he spotted two people, aged 20 and 23, putting expensive cosmetics in their sacks.

A Wisconsin man is trying to beat the world record for the longest arm hair with his 4. 1 inch long "mutant hair. " The current mark stands at just under four inches. Jon Sanford, 37, says he had downloaded the necessary forms from Guinness, faxed them back and received further directions.

A 21-year-old Canadian man has been charged with criminal negligence and assault after he put his girlfriend's 10-month-old feverish daughter in the freezer to cool off her body temperature. Derrick Hardy, who is pleading guilty to the assault, claims that he was concerned about the infant's fever. Hardy said that when he tried placing a damp cloth and carrying the girl outside into the cool air, but it didn't work, he felt helpless.

Online users are taking a stab at President George W. Bush with pranks. One elaborate antic links the search term "miserable failure" to the official White House biography of the 43rd U. S. president.