“Atlanta-area authorities say a teenage burglary suspect was pulled from a chimney by firefighters after being stuck there for more than 10 hours. Police say the 17-year-old boy was taken into custody after being freed from the chimney around 1:30 p.m. Tuesday at a home in Norcross, northeast of Atlanta. Gwinnett County police Cpl. Jake Smith tells The Atlanta Journal-Constitution the teen was charged with burglary and giving false information to a police officer. Smith said a neighbor heard someone yelling for help from her neighbor’s chimney. Authorities tell the Gwinnett Daily Post the teen was screaming when fire crews arrived and told the firefighters he had been stuck there since 3 am.” w/ photo + video

“A new course has launched in the UK which promises to teach zombie apocalypse-fearing folk everything they need to survive an undead uprising. Zombie Boot Camp — which runs in Driotwich, Worcestershire and costs $79 — has been specially created in order to help train and prepare people for the eventuality of a zombie invasion. The experience day sees would-be zombie battlers take part in training from expert military instructors before being kitted out in helmets, safety goggles and Kevlar body armor. Then it’s on to learning how to fight zombies with weapons including a pistol, grenades a rifle and a chainsaw — before taking part in a training exercise and tackling a warehouse full of zombies. The mission sees the participants are split into pairs to put into practice the skills they have learned.” w/ photos

“Detectives said Javier Aguirre stole a huge boar goat from a fenced pen at 15302 Nightingdale Lane in West Travis County after he and a friend cut through the fence with bolt cutters. According to an arrest affidavit, an acquaintance of the owner overheard Aguirre admit to stealing the goat. The owner’s friend said he confronted Aguirre about some stolen tools. According to the witness, Aguirre said, “I stole a goat, but I didn’t take your tools.” After Aguirre’s arrest, police searched his impounded white 2006 Chevy Pickup and found what appeared to be blood and hair from the animal in the back of Aguirre’s truck. Police said Aguirre admitted he stole the goat and then took the animal to a home on Crazy Horse where he butchered it. Aguirre said he then barbecued some of the animal and gave the remaining meat to people in Apache Shores.” w/ photo + video

“An inventive groom-to-be stunned his girlfriend by proposing to her after abseiling from the 100-foot-high roof of a packed shopping center dressed as Batman. Caped crusader Ryan Gleeson even conquered a crippling fear of heights to pop the question to love of his life, Charlotte Kinman. And luckily for Ryan – whose cape was plastered with the words Charlotte Will You Marry Me? – Charlotte made it all worth while and said yes.” w/ photos

“People will go to great lengths to pass a drug test, but the Mobile County Sheriff’s Office says there is a popular trend among young people who try to beat these tests and it could kill you. Some have been ingesting bleach. With a quick search, your browser will be flooded with products claiming to wash away any drugs in your system. There are drinks, chewable tablets and a prosthetic called the Whizzinator. Sergeant Joe Mahoney with the Mobile County Sheriff’s Office said there is a reason this market exists. “As far as kids go, if they fail a drug test, they get kicked off the team. A probationer – over at the probation office – they go back to jail. An employee, if they fail a drug test they may lose their job,” said Mahoney. Not everyone scours the web for a drug test solution. Mahoney said some people look no further than under their kitchen sink. “We have had cases where they have ingested straight bleach, and it caused significant damage to their body,” said Mahoney.” w/ photo + video

“Customs and Border Protection officers assigned to the Tucson Field Office seized almost 3,000 pounds of marijuana hidden in a shipment of watermelons. Nogales CBP officers discovered the marijuana worth nearly $1.5 million Monday evening. A 44-year-old Mexican man attempting to enter the United States at the Mariposa Commercial Port was referred for a non-intrusive X-ray inspection of his Volvo truck. The X-ray operator noticed an anomaly in the shipment. Officers inspected the load and discovered 128 bundles of marijuana among the produce.” w/ photos

“An Irish-American tourist has captured photos of an apparent apparition of Jesus Christ at the Cliffs of Moher. Sandra Clifford, a pilot from San Francisco, captured the image on her digital camnrea when she visited the famous Co. Clare tourist attraction on November 4 last. Clifford (42) and her friend Fiona Fay from Drogheda Co. Louth were spellbound by what they saw and immediately Clifford snapped the shot of what they said appeared to be the face of Jesus Christ. Fay first spotted what appeared to be an image of a man before pointing it out to Clifford. “To me it was Jesus Christ straight away,” added Clifford, who is a practicing Catholic.” w/ photos

“Rich palettes have a new after dinner luxury to add to their Christmas menu this year – a British cheese made with real gold. Clawson Stilton Gold is made from premium white Stilton and shot-through with a combination of real edible gold leaf and real gold-liqueur. At $82.62 per 100g slice, or $825 a kilo, it’s the world’s most expensive Stilton Cheese. It costs a whopping $8 for a single wedge on a cracker for those who want real after-dinner luxury. Makers Long Clawson Dairy, in Leicestershire, say they have already been contacted by a variety of interested parties – including a Gulf-based oil sheikh and a famous pop star. Dairy spokesperson Janice Breedon said: “For confidentiality reasons I can’t publicly identify the people who have inquired about our Clawson Stilton Gold but, suffice to say, they are all very well known. “We wanted to create something special, a unique Stilton cheese, for the Christmas market – just a limited run, to hopefully, get more people interested in Stilton.” w/ photos

“He thinks you’re great… well, actually, he probably doesn’t – it just looks like he does. But then, that’s Gavin – he is the world’s most sarcastic gorilla, after all. Gavin (we’ve named him, because the zoo hasn’t bothered) gets pretty peeved when visitors to the Jerusalem Zoo applaud him for his dances. So peeved, in fact, that when they start clapping, he stops dancing, gives them a sarky grin, and mimics them precisely. Cheeky fella. His antics have attracted plenty of attention, so at feeding time his enclosure is always surrounded. As his keepers go in to feed him and his gorilla pals, most go straight for the grub – but not Gavin. When the crowds started applauding, he took a step away from the bunch and sat, one eye closed, clapping away and staring out the audience. Nice.” w/ photo

“Doctors in China saved a man’s partially-severed finger – by attaching it to his stomach. Furniture worker Wang Yongjun, 20, cut off the end of his middle finger with an electric saw in an accident at work. Wang, of Liaoyang, Liaoning Province, was rushed to hospital where doctors had to think fast. Dr Huang Xuesong said the muscle and skin had been cut away from the end of his finger leaving only the bone showing. “We had to make a quick decision or he could have lost his finger. We decided to cultivate a new fingertip on his stomach,” he said. Doctors operated and attached Wang’s finger to his stomach in the hope that new skin and muscle would grow around it.” w/ photo