Two months after their daughter's ashes were stolen during a burglary in their home, an Alaska family has the ashes back. Leo and Fredi Brown's home was broken into in late June and the burglar stole guns, jewelry, and the ashes, which were in an urn in a red, velvet bag.

The World Malayali (Keralite) Council plans to organize a mass wedding of 25 couples on the occasion of its Fifth global Convention. The wedding will be held at the Ernakulam Town Hall on August 2. Brides and grooms have been selected from across the districts with the help of women's Family Welfare organization units. The group also features physically challenged persons.

Mouths and earlobes are being included in the dress codes for the Arlington school district. According to the new dress code, students will no longer be allowed to wear mouth jewelry known as "grillz" or the earlobe-stretching practice known as "gauging. "

Police in Florida are all smiles after arresting a woman for unlawfully selling and fitting customers with gold teeth caps in a dirty back room. Customers have been coming to the Blue Diamond Jewelry shop for a month to get "grills," or jewelry for their mouth. Often, customers got more than they paid for when they developed severe infections following the unlicensed procedures.

Miami police have arrested five people they believe are tied to a string of burglaries in the Kendall area, by following up on some criminal bragging rights. In one instance the suspects, Matthew Vasquez and Martha Bernard, both 22, and Chris Barrientos, 21, were identified after they burglarized an occupied home.