'Pantyhose Bandit' causes sheer annoyance in Mass. (AP)
AP - Dozens of pairs of pantyhose have been left near a Milford school bus stop — causing sheer annoyance in the neighborhood. The pantyhose — sometimes new, sometimes used — has been left on Camp Street for more than two years. They're almost always black and queen sized.

Couple claim mysterious noise plagues their house (AP)
AP - Bob and Leona Ehrfurth say the noise that's been plaguing them for two years sounds something like a rumbling motor, with a subtle vibration that won't quit. Then it stops — especially when they try to show city officials or acoustic experts what they're hearing.

R.I. police say man had 0.491 blood alcohol level (AP)
AP - State police say they arrested a man early Tuesday whose blood alcohol level was 0.491 percent — the highest ever recorded in Rhode Island for someone who wasn't dead.

Man finds second long python in Maine in a week (AP)
AP - A man is having trouble sleeping since he found a python snake about 9 feet long under the engine of his pickup truck. Harley Burgess's shocking discovery Saturday is the second of its kind in less than a week in Maine.

NY man earning $100K lived in company paint shed (AP)
AP - A New York state report says a maintenance man who earned $100,000 last year working at a psychiatric center has been living for free in a paint shed on company grounds and even had his mail delivered there.

Man blows up apartment spraying for bugs? (Reuters)

Reuters - A New Jersey man trying to exterminate insects in his apartment blew it up instead, the New York Daily News reported on Monday.

Chavez may hug king, won't shut up (Reuters)
Reuters - Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez said on Sunday he would like to give the king of Spain a hug when he visits Europe next week, but the outspoken leader, referring to a diplomatic spat last year, said he will not shut up.

Yusuf Islam wins damages for "veiled women" slur (Reuters)

Reuters - British folk singer Yusuf Islam, formerly Cat Stevens, accepted libel damages and an apology on Friday from a news agency that reported he had refused to talk to women at an awards ceremony who were not wearing a veil.

With this fake wife, I divorce thee (Reuters)
Reuters - An Indian man who took an impersonator to court to get a divorce faces legal action after his real wife found out, lawyers said Friday.

Sex, blood and baby names: U.S. mad for free gas (Reuters)

Reuters - Some U.S. motorists sick of getting clobbered at the pump seem willing to do just about anything for free fuel, from giving up the right to name their children to stealing from day-care centers to donating blood.

Bent cucumbers? With prices up, EU won't bin them (Reuters)
Reuters - Twisted carrots, warped leeks and bent cucumbers may soon appear -- officially -- on EU shop shelves as Europe's farm chief overrides opposition from leading producer countries to her marketing simplification plan.

Lonesome George may end bachelor days on Galapagos (Reuters)

Reuters - After decades of solitude, "Lonesome George" may finally save his species of Galapagos giant tortoise from extinction, his keepers said on Monday.

Teacher lasts 20 hours on carnival ride, wins $1K (AP)
AP - A Minnesota high school teacher has lasted 20 hours on a carnival ride to win the Ride the Tide Challenge at the Mall of America.

French officials allow nudist resort "black list" (Reuters)
Reuters - France's data protection authority has given permission for a nudist resort to keep a "black list" of guests barred from its facilities, the organisation said.

Woman runs sword into foot during Wiccan ceremony (AP)
AP - A woman accidentally stabbed herself in the foot with a 3-foot-long sword while performing a Wiccan good luck ritual at a central Indiana cemetery.

Greek court rules lesbians are not just from Lesbos (Reuters)
Reuters - A Greek court has dismissed a request by residents of the Aegean island of Lesbos to ban the use of the word lesbian to describe gay women, according to a court ruling made public on Tuesday.

Suspected bomb turns out to be string cheese (AP)
AP - A piece of string cheese made to look like a bomb forced the temporary closure of a Centerville grocery store. Police were called to Dick's Market over the weekend for a report that a someone had left a device covered in duct tape near a dry ice cooler.

Wanted - owners of 1,500 stolen bicycles (Reuters)

Reuters - Toronto police are looking for the owners of some 1,500 bicycles they have recovered after raids on a shop, home and storage garages across Canada's biggest city.