The tale of a man who can be considered DC's most unlucky bank robber ended when he plead guilty. On October 14 Michael Donahoe robbed a teller and got away with $2,000 from a downtown bank he robbed. However a witness followed him out of the bank blocked his escape when he tried to get a taxi.

A night of drinking left a man with such a heavy buzz, he hopped into a police patrol car thinking he had hailed a cab. The 20-year-old man was arrested Saturday soon after he sat inside Santa Cruz County Sheriff's Deputy Esther Beckman's car, as she was questioning a bicyclist. The suspect's name has not been released.

In an attempt to polish the city's image, authorities in Nanjing, China are banning taxi drivers who are bald, wear their hair too long, have mustaches or wear too much make-up. The new rules are part of a 10-point plan to spruce up Nanjing before the October 10 National Games which will attract audiences from across the country.

Thierry Bellisha, 32, and two colleagues unloaded all of their suitcases from Hossam Abdalla's taxi at LaGuardia Airport. All except one. The co-owner of Montreal-based Crown Ring immediately looked up but it was too late - Abdalla had already sped off, unaware he still had a suitcase worth several hundred thousand dollars in the trunk of his yellow cab, according to the Canadian Press.

Thierry Bellisha, 32, and two colleagues unloaded all of their suitcases from Hossam Abdalla's taxi at LaGuardia Airport. All except one. The co-owner of Montreal-based Crown Ring immediately looked up, but it was too late - Abdalla had already sped off, unaware he still had a suitcase worth several hundred thousand dollars in the trunk of his yellow cab.