The artworks once discarded as dump by figurative British painter Francis Bacon are set to go on sale in April. According to Ewbank managers, the company arranging the auction, the 45-lot which include mutilated paintings, photographs, personal diaries and some letters, is a first of its type and could fetch more than an estimated $98,410. The collection was rescued by Mac Robertson, a former electrician and Bacon's friend. According to a Times Online report, Robertson claims that Bacon allowed him to keep the stuff after he became angry over some workmen who littered his studio's floor with debris.

In the first incident of its kind, burglars who robbed the Guyandotte United Methodist Church in West Virginia changed their minds and returned the loot money the very next night of stealing it. According to church treasurer Rocky Frazier, burglars first broke into the church on Monday night and stole about $5,000 worth of sound and office equipment. However, the looted stuff, along with cash was returned the very next night.

We all know dogs love to eat a lot of uncommon stuff like video tapes, watches, socks, papers but it came as a surprise to Tina Burlett when her dog swallowed her custom-made, $5,000 wedding ring. At first she thought that some thief must have broken into her house and registered a complaint with police. However, Burlett's grandmother was suspicious that their family pooch was the culprit. She had seen the dog chewing her diamond earrings.

Some dogs in Mumbai are getting to feast on meals specifically tailored to their tastes every day. We have all heard of home-delivery for pizzas and other stuff, but a food service in the Indian city has reportedly started delivering gourmet cuisine to a fussy elite class of dogs. Surprisingly, more than 500 people have signed up for the Home-Care Dog Food service that caters to canines.

A woman who works in a thrift store alerted police after she found nearly $7,000 in a belt and the pocket of a coat that had been donated. Shirley Meagher, who works at the Home Place Thrift Store in Grand Forks, said she sometimes finds strange items among the donations, like the can of soup she found Monday.