Devoted baseball fans will have the ability to have their cremated ashes placed in urns that sport the logo of their favorite franchise as soon as next season, sources report. Major League Baseball and a leading maker of funeral products are to begin working together to promote a new line of MLB urns, promising to take the seventh-inning stretch into eternity for those interested in the product. Next season, fans of the New York Yankees, Boston Red Sox, Detroit Tigers, Philadelphia Phillies, Chicago Cubs, and Los Angeles Dodgers, will be able to purchase urns bearing their teams colors and insignia.

The mayor of Gallatin, Tennessee was duped by filmmakers who said they wanted to use his office to shoot a scene for a "family friendly" movie. Mayor Don Wright was surprised to learn from the front page of the Nashville Tennessean that the movie's title is "Thong Girl 3. " He tells Reuters, "I had no idea what the movie was about. . . They told me it was about a superhero woman and there was no nudity or offensive stuff in it. Other than that, I really didn't have a clue. "

The "senior citizen bandit" has pleaded guilty to at least 10 counts of armed robbery. He also pleaded guilty to one firearms count after robbing banks in three Western states,. According to Assistant U. S. Attorney, Ivy Wang Charles Manrow, a 70-year-old robber from Pennsylvania, will be sentenced early next year after entering a plea on August 10. Manrow is linked to robberies in Southern California, Fresno, Utah and Arizona.

A rare hybrid mutant was found dead in Maine along Route 4 evidently hit by a car while trailing a cat. The weird-looking creature is speculated to be the mysterious animal that has been the stuff of local legend and scared residents for almost half a generation. The animal was charcoal gray, around 40 and 50 pounds with a bushy tail, a short snout, short ears and curled fangs over its lips.

Housing Authorities have asked a 73-year-old doll collector to part from her passion or she will be evicted from her studio apartment. The officials say that the doll collection cluttered the public housing apartment and is a fire hazard. Emily Gibbons has been collecting dolls for 15 years, amassing about 200 of them in her small apartment. The dolls are a medium of happiness for the woman who at times picks one up just to remember the way a baby feels in her arms.