law enforcement An escaped convict hid out in a shuttered Circuit City for six months Jason Weisberger

weird thieves Bizarre: Woman brings corpse to bank to co-sign, trying to fool banker into giving her $3,000 (video) Carla Sinclair

crime British man found guilty of stealing 200,000 Cadbury Creme Eggs Thom Dunn

Weird Thief sucked used Burger King grease into 1,600 gallon truck container to resell for biofuel Xeni Jardin

Games Nintendo's next big Switch 2 exclusive is… weird Grant St. Clair

fantasy Peter Bebergal's "Appendix N" in a revised, expanded edition Gareth Branwyn

Movie trailers Watch the trailer for "Time Bandits", Taika Waititi's TV adaptation of the Terry Gilliam classic Thom Dunn

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television Thief seeks witch doctor's assistance after TV set he swiped got stuck on his head David Pescovitz

amazon Cargo trains in LA raided for Amazon packages Devin Nealy

politics Turns out the shoplifting crisis is largely media hype Rob Beschizza

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mysteries Mysterious phishing scam targets authors' first drafts Clive Thompson

crimes Watch a suspected thief instantly discouraged by a fun DIY crime deterrent David Pescovitz

recreational lockpicking Picking the lock on a weird tire-deflating anti-car theft device Mark Frauenfelder

Jesus Merry Christmas, someone stole Jesus's foreskin Thom Dunn

Business Interoperability: Fix the internet, not the tech companies Cory Doctorow

crime A painful device to punish hat thieves David Pescovitz

Copyfight The Copyright Office is spending the year deciding technology's future, but the future doesn't get a seat at the table Cory Doctorow

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