Hao Li

Most people think thieves just steal ‘normal’ things like cash, jewelry, watches, and cars. However, a combination of greed, amorality, and desperate times – as well as demand for potential customers – has driven creative thieves to steal some pretty ridiculous things.

When 76-year-old Bruce Malkenhorst was the city administrator of Vernon, a city in LA County, he was California’s highest paid government official. When he retired in 2005, he became the state’s highest paid public pensioner.

Testimonies on Friday at the Casey Anthony trial have revealed more information about the infamous car trunk odor.

In 2011, Mark Zuckerberg will only eat meat from animals he physically kills himself, according to a note he sent on Facebook and a subsequent email interview with Fortune.

If you live in Vermont, chances are that you will be guaranteed health care coverage in 2017 at the latest. If an amendment to Obamacare passes, you could see it in 2014.

The passengers of the Air France Flight may not have realized that anything was wrong until the actual impact of the crash, according to information retrieved from the plane's black boxes.

The two ‘Kings of Bonds’ have different views on how the end of QE2 on June 30, 2011 will affect Treasuries.

Ratko Mladic is a mass murderer who ordered the unlawful execution of thousands of civilian Bosniaks in Srebrenica.

Democratic National Committee boss Debbie Wasserman Schultz went on the attack against Republicans over a CS Monitor breakfast with reporters.

Each year, Facebook billionaire Mark Zuckerberg has a resolution that he takes very seriously. In 2011, his goal is to eat only animals he physically kills himself.

Legendary investor Marc Faber is worried about the vast riches of the financial elites while the middle class and lower class struggle.

Sarah Palin, judging by her tour, may run for president in 2012 after all.

The global Information Technology revolution has given internet access to many relatively poor countries.

Soon after his failed May 21st ‘Doomsday’ prediciton, Harold Camping set the new ‘Doomsday’ date for physical destruction on earth for October 21, 2011.

Upon the capture of Serbian war criminal Ratko Mladi?, French president Nicolas Sarkozy said: “it's a very courageous decision of the Serbian president. It is a step toward integration of Serbia into the European Union someday soon.”

Elizabeth Smart has moved on from the horrifying ordeal she endured in 2002 and 2003 at the hands of her rapist Brian David Mitchell.

Top positions of leadership in American businesses are still dominated by men, but top women CEOs in the US are breaking the so-called glass ceiling.

Despite recovery and stabilization, the threat of an economic crisis in 2011 is still possible.

For all the tough talk about budget cuts, when push comes to shove, Americans aren't willing to make the sacrifices to get there. The New York special election for the House seat of the 26th district proved this much.

The Casey Anthony trial, at least from the prosecution's side, has painted the picture of a mother unfazed by the disappearance of her daughter.

Oprah's last show marks a milestone in an iconic career, one that has been wildly successful beyond imagination.

Christine Lagarde is an unconventional but highly successful French politician.

The Casey Anthony trial has captured the public’s attention because the accusation – that a mother killed her own toddler for convenience’s sake so that she could have more fun in life – is just too shocking.

Kathy Hochul is projected to be the winner of the New York special election for the 26th distric Déjà vu. An overwhelming underdog wins a special election with huge national implications.

After a devastating 0.75-mile wide tornado swept through Joplin, Missouri, residents have returned to the wreckage.

The American Idol finale is over. Who will now win? Scotty McCreery or Lauren Alaina?

In the final song of her American Idol competition, Lauren Alaina floored the crowd with her original song “Like My Mother Does” in a performance that can only be described as perfect.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s speech to Congress sought to resell America on Israel.

At the Casey Anthony trial, a third version of how Caylee Anthony died has emerged.