Say cheese, dummy!
Cops in Kershaw County, SC, had an easy time tracking down a 19-year-old suspected convenience-store robber . . . because he allegedly left a trail of spilled Cheetos leading from the store to his home.
Austin Presler also allegedly stole beer, cigarettes and Slim Jims — so let’s say it was a pretty jerky theft.
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A 70-year-old Iowan who spent 65 years looking for his sister finally found her with the help of an 8-year-old neighbor, who with lightning speed located her via the Web.
Chicago foster-home officials in 1948 separated Clifford Boyson, 70, of Davenport, and his sister, Betty Billadeau.
When Boyson’s young neighbor, Eddie Hanzlin, learned of the hunt, the kid worked his search magic and found Billadeau living in Florissant, Mo.
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World War II history is in the bag.
Indiana resident William Kay-Dahr, a 90-something veteran who fought the Nazis in France, lost his Army duffel bag 70 years ago when he was captured and put in a POW camp.
He came home alive and forgot about that inconsequential piece of equipment — until a French teen going through his grandfather’s attic recently found it with Kay-Dahr’s name and ID.
A military museum located the old soldier and gave him back the artifact.
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It’s a cat-and-mouse game between Japanese authorities and a cyber-criminal threatening to plant bombs.
Cyber-detectives with the Japanese National Police thought they were about to collar the fiend at a secret location — but instead found a feline with a computer memory card dangling from its collar.
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A Dutch space organization is planning a reality-TV show to select a crew of a manned mission to the Red Planet by the year 2023.
The winners will need to commit to eight years of training.