There's rags to riches and then there's rags to mega-riches. Two brothers from Hungary definitely fall into the second category.

Until recently, Geza and Zslot Peladi lived in a cave near Budapest.
Completely destitute, the two cave-brothers earned money by gathering
scrap metal and selling candy they found on the street. That all
changed the moment they heard that they stood to inherit a substantial
portion of their maternal grandmother's $6.6 billion fortune. (That's
billion, with a "B.")

According to an article from the New York Post, once the paperwork goes
through, the two brothers will share the fortune with their sister in the United States.
While some folks who come into obscene amounts of money might buy a plane,
throw a party, or commission large oil paintings of themselves, Geza Peladi has a more
modest goal. He would like a "normal life" and to find a woman to share his fortune with.
Apparently, it's rather hard to get dates when you live in a cave.

A blog from Ananova features photos of the two brothers and explains their
circumstances a bit more. They were told of their mother's death by homeless charity
workers. Geza was quoted as saying that he knew his mother came from a
wealthy family "but she was a difficult person and severed ties with
them, and then later abandoned us and we lost touch with her and our
father until she eventually died."

Under German law (where the grandmother lived), the brothers (and the sister) "will
inherit the entire estate as they are the closest surviving family members." Once proof
of relation to the grandmother is established, they'll be traveling to Germany to start
what we can only presume will be a very different kind of life. Best of luck, guys.

Chinese police were held in a hour long stand off
with a suspected suicide bomber only to find the
man was armed with sausages.

Police believed that the straps and bulky items
around Sing He's waist were dynamite and
detonators.

Mr He.. 23.. threatened to blow up a restaurant
and its customers in Benxi.. northern China...
unless the staff handed over the contents of the till.



But a specialist bomb unit called to the scene quickly
determined that the device was assembled with
pork products.

"When we saw what he had round his waist we couldn't
help laughing.
Some of the sausages still had the wrappers on them"....
said one bomb squad officer.

"It must have been terrifying for the customers but those
things would only have gone off if you'd kept them past
their sell by date".

Mr He told police he had planned the raid because he was
depressed after breaking up with his girlfriend.

He said...

"I needed some excitement in my life and to that extent
it was a success".

Associated Press

ROME, GEORGIA, USA
December 29, 2009 03:25 pm

—

Planning to drink and drive this New Year's? A north Georgia funeral home has a deal for you.
Between now and noon Thursday, drivers can visit McGuire, Jennings and Miller
Funeral Home in Rome to sign a contract stating they plan to drink or
take drugs and then drive on New Year's Eve. If they die in a wreck
that day, the funeral home will give them a free burial.

Services included in the package are a casket, grave, limousine and preparation of remains.
Funeral home officials say the program is designed to save lives by making partygoers think twice about drinking and driving.

By 41 News
Created 2010-03-24 09:23

Police in Connecticut say they had ample warning of a bank robbery because the
two suspects called the bank ahead of time and told an employee to get
a bag of money ready.

Police arrested 27-year-old Albert Bailey and an unidentified 16-year-old boy on robbery and threatening charges Tuesday afternoon at a People's United Bank branch in Fairfield.

Sgt. James Perez says the two Bridgeport residents showed up about 10 minutes after making the call and were met by police in the parking lot. Perez told the Connecticut Post the suspects were "not too bright."
It's not clear if Bailey and the teen have lawyers.
AP

Doreen... aged 79....

finished all the shopping on her weekly list at the supermarket.

She walked determinedly towards her car which she had left in the car park.

There she saw four youths about to drive away in her car.

Doreen became agitated and dropping her shopping to the ground...

she drew a handgun from her bag and screamed as loud as her lungs
would allow at the four miscreants.....

"I have a gun and I know how to use it.

Get out of the car you horrible little men".

The four lads didn't wait around for a second invitation but got out and
ran helter-skelter as far away as they could....

whereupon Doreen... somewhat shaken...

proceeded to load her shopping bags into the back of the car and get
into the driver's seat.

As hard as Doreen tried she could not get her key into the ignition.

Then it began to dawn on her why.

She came across her own car a few moments later in another row near by.

Putting her bags now... into her own car...

she drove hesitantly to the nearest Police Station.

As Patricia was recounting the tale to the Duty Sergeant....

she wondered why he kept giggling and smiling.

Eventually he pointed to the end of the counter where dear old dizzy Doreen
saw four young lads....

faces extremely pale.... who were describing how a little old lady....

some five feet tall.... wearing glasses and with grey hair had stolen
their car by waving a gun at them.