• Woman pleads guilty to library thefts

  February 23, 2012
  A California woman accused of stealing about 2,000 items from various libraries and selling them online pleaded guilty to felony burglary.

• Valentine's post office faces closure

  February 12, 2012
  Romantics wanting a special Valentine's Day postmark from the town of Valentine, Texas, may soon be out of luck, as the Postal Service downsizes, officials say.

• Russian baby names go international

  January 31, 2012
  Russian parents are naming their children with an eye toward fashion, faith and immigration, government officials reported.

• Newsreader said 'Putin' instead of 'Lenin'

  January 30, 2012
  A Russian newsreader who mistakenly said a presidential candidate is considering "whether Vladimir Putin should be buried" will not be punished, officials said.

• Maria Shriver and Arnold Schwarzenegger reportedly not reconciling

  January 5, 2012
  Maria Shriver and her estranged husband, actor Arnold Schwarzenegger, have no plans to reconcile, sources told People.com.

• Police: Convict prefers jail to monks

  January 3, 2012
  Italian authorities said a man who has twice fled a halfway house told police he prefers jail to the monks who run the house.

• Maria Shriver reportedly reconsidering Arnold Schwarzenegger divorce

  December 26, 2011
  Maria Shriver is reconsidering her plans to divorce actor Arnold Schwarzenegger, sources close to the U.S. television personality told TMZ.

• Ex-Playboy model joins Russian Parliament

  December 16, 2011
  A model who once graced the cover of the Russian version of Playboy has won a parliamentary seat with Vladimir Putin's United Russia Party.

• Austrian 'sex school' revealed as hoax

  December 13, 2011
  An artist hired to head up the Austrian International School of Sex says the announcement of "the world's first international sex school" was a publicity stunt.

• Former street kitten inherits fortune

  December 10, 2011
  An Italian nurse who promised an elderly patient she would take care of her cat after her death says she did not know she would inherit a fortune.

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