After a two year hiatus, diamond hunter Steve Lee turns up a real gem. He finds a 1. 22 carat stone of exceptional quality during a recent visit to the Crater of Diamonds State Park in Murfreesboro. He says he hadn't been able to hunt for diamonds in more than two years because a disability forced him to use crutches. Lee returned this year after friends persuaded him to take up the hobby again.

Randall Hall tried to conceal stolen diamonds by swallowing them. For his efforts, he will spend the next six to eight months in prison. Hall was charged with the larceny of two diamonds worth $30,000 from Hinkamp Jewelers.

New York's crime-fighting Attorney General Eliot Spitzer is usually immersed in the task of fighting crime on a large scale. He did however, take time to handle a smaller crime, in which a restaurant owner was allegedly pocketing the tips given to his waiters and waitresses.