Man searched in Australia is caught stuffed with live pigeons following a trip to the Middle East, customs officials say.

• Man accused of stealing from alligator victim
• Giant pythons escape from California terrarium
• CA sheriff's K-9 sniffs out a truckload of pot

Police in Cleveland said a 20-year-old man called 911 and put the dispatcher on hold to make a drug deal.

• Man refuses to show license, calls 911 during stop
• Man wearing sleeping bag as cape attempts robbery

Authorities say a 64-year-old Indiana man upset over the outcome of a high school basketball game attacked a referee -- who happened to be a state trooper.

Two German tourists have been detained for taking their clothes off in the lobby of a Brazilian airport, authorities said.

Police said a New York cabbie who tried to take a purse from a woman fare beater was beaten by a group of good Samaritans who thought they were seeing a robbery.

An armed man who was locked out by angry housemates after he passed out while cooking and almost caused a fire was shot and killed by a police officer called to a disturbance.

• Mom, dad, son accused of trying to stab officers

Firefighters in Vermont had to get creative when faced with a man stuck inside a chimney.

• Carjack suspect nabbed in auto repair class

Philadelphia-based Comcast is "mortified" after Tucson-area customers get a 30-second porn interruption during game.

Police arrest suspect after he allegedly steals a woman's purse and then spit in an officer's face.

A 14-year-old Greenfield, Calif., girl says she was kidnapped by a neighbor before her father agreed to an arranged marriage for $16,000, 100 cases of beer and several cases of meat.

A Georgia couple accepted a winning $20,000 eBay bid for all their belongings minus their house. The winning bidders say, take our bid -- and keep your stuff.

• eBay: Cars, boats and, just maybe, Mississippi's jet

Officer Alissa Poisson graces the January page of the 2009 Portland, Maine, police calendar, baring her ... soul.

Authorities who saved a disoriented Howard Keshick discovered he was a convicted felon and charged him with illegal possession of a firearm.