Eight pranksters who dropped their pants and showed off their underwear in a staged prank on the subway Sunday were taken into custody and cited for disorderly conduct. According to Improv Everywhere, the group that organized the stunt, all of the jokesters trying to elicit laughs and snickers were ultimately released. The group says more than 160 riders participated in the fifth annual No Pants Subway Ride before police stopped the No. 6 train they were on about 5 p. m. Charlie Todd, who founded Improv Everywhere in 2001, says it's not his group's intent to offend but to "create chaos and laughter" in places around the city.

Police captured a man as he sped away in a car with women's underwear stashed inside. Michael Sean Ostrander, 33, was arrested Monday after alleging breaking into the Burke County home of a woman and stealing some of her clothes.

Commonwealth Bank in Australia apologized Monday for advising its staff to wear flesh-colored underwear and avoid shiny stockings because they make legs look plumper. As one of the country's largest banks, it distributed its "grooming handbook" to the retail banking staff. The guide says that women should wear two rings or less on each hand and recommends that earrings should be no bigger than a small coin, reports Reuters.

Danielle George - All Headline News Staff ReporterWest Des Moines, IA (AHN)- Police say Rusty Wayne Sills steals bras, panties and socks from the laundry room at an apartment complex in the Des Moines, Iowa area.