Without food and water for nearly two months, a cat accidentally locked in a garden shed by her owner survived by licking condensation off the windows. According to her owner, he had almost given up Emmy for lost after the ten-year old cat failed to show up.

A 77-year old man found himself stuck upside-down in his septic tank, in what he described as the worst Christmas Eve he had ever experienced. "It wasn't good, I'll tell you what," said Robert Schoff, recalling how his head was in the tank and his feet were kicking in the air.

An unidentified robber broke into a house in Forrest City, Arkansas and took off with a bundle of Christmas gifts and other items, but later left a note to the house's owner saying "Sorry, wrong house. "Police says the robber broke into the house of Joyce Williams. The note was left in an apparent moment of guilt by the robber, officers said.

A woman was accused of sexual assault after a mall Santa told officials that she had groped him while sitting on his lap. Police said that the woman suspected was Sandrama Lamy, 33, of Danbury, Connecticut. "The security officer at the mall sand Santa Claus had been sexually assaulted," Detective Lt. Thomas Michael, who was sent to investigate the claim. According to police, Lamy was window shopping with a friend when she decided to get her photograph taken with the mall Santa.

A 60-year-old woman charged two boys, aged 11 and 14, with breaking into her residence and trying to sexually abuse her, police said Tuesday. Detective Scott Stanfield said the incident happened in July when the two boys, who wore bandanas and gloves, broke through the woman's window and one of them allegedly tried to sexually assault the old woman but the boy stopped when a heart device was set off.