An icon of the Virgin Mary has been stolen from a monastery in Greece. A police operation headed by the deputy chief of national police is underway to find the 700-year-old replica. The icon is thought to have cured the sick and protect those who believed in its powers. People believe the icon's powers will bring tragedy to both the party who stole it and the people who relied on its protection.

Celebrity chocolatier Martucci Angiano has been displaying a column of drippings that workers believe resembles the Virgin Mary. Bodega Chocolates employees have been praying to the 2-inch-tall figure and placing rose petals and candles around it.

One grandmother decided to celebrate her birthday with a flare and fulfill a dream. On her 90th birthday, widower, Mary Armstrong, from East Moseley, Surrey jumped out of the plane at 12,000 ft and plummeted back to earth at 120 miles per hour. Due to her advancing age, she was strapped to an instructor. The Daily Mirror said the grandmother of seven and great-grandmother of nine more, was in a freefall for more than 30 seconds before her parachute finally opened at around 6,000 feet over Ashford, Kent in England.

Mary Armstrong celebrated her 90th birthday by skydiving 12,000 feet to the earth. It is her third charity jump, raising $1,900 for an animal charity. The proceeds of the jump will go to a horse, donkey and mule veterinary charity called The Brooke.

A police dog that was left in a pickup truck, with the engine running, apparently knocked the vehicle into gear, causing the truck to hit a woman who was walking to her mailbox. The woman suffered a fractured pelvis and tailbone. Mary F. Stone, 41, was hit by the truck, after the dog, a German shepherd named Ranger, apparently hit the shift on the steering column, putting the automatic transmission into gear, police Lt. Loring Draper told the AP.