Orlando police are investigating a string of bizarre threats involving food. Authorities say someone stole frozen chickens, ducks and even a pig from two restaurants. Police think the culprits may be stealing the food for someone else's restaurant business or store. Two Chinese restaurants have been raided in near copycat fashion, with the freezers stripped.

A couple accused of abusing their 11 adopted special-needs kids by making them sleep in cages took time to defend their actions but say they're willing to give up the cages in order to get their children back. Michael and Sharen Gravelle say they will be more lenient and send the once home-schooled children to public school. The kids now have a string of health and behavioral problems.

The darker half of Alfred Ginglen's life began to unfold in 2004, after his police officer son recognized him in a surveillance image. A life that a personal diary would show included visits with prostitutes, a secret girlfriend, and an addiction to crack. On Thursday, Ginglen was sentenced to 40 years in prison for a string of bank robberies after being turned in by his own sons. Authorities say he needed the extra cash to support his double life.

Groundbreaking comedian Richard Pryor, whose stand-up routines about race, sex and life made him a modern day icon, is dead. He was 65. Pryor died after being rushed to a hospital from his home shortly after 8 a. m. Pryor had suffered from multiple sclerosis, a disease of the nervous system.

Sienna Miller has blasted the press for hounding her. The blonde actress says she's fed up of the media scrutiny following a string of break-ups and reconciliations with love cheat Jude Law. She is quoted on the MSNBC website as saying: "Yes, I wish (the tabloid coverage) wasn't in my life to the degree that it is or has been, but I accept that it has been a pretty tumultuous year and hopefully it will die down. "