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London - A mystery man dressed as Batman demonstrated the same crime-fighting skills as the caped crusader when he handed over a suspect wanted for burglary in Britain.
Surveillance footage showed a portly figure wearing an ill-fitting costume including gloves, cape and mask, bringing a 27-year-old man to a police station in Bradford in northern England.
The suspect was arrested and charged with handling stolen goods and fraud-related offences, according to the force. But the costumed crime-fighter disappeared into the night without leaving his name.
"The person who brought the wanted man into the station was dressed in a full Batman outfit," a spokeswoman for West Yorkshire Police said. "His identity, however, remains unknown."
The suspect was handed over early on February 25. Police released photos of the footage Monday.
© The police of Zielona GoraGirl who went missing in Poland
The girl, Julia, disappeared with her pet dog from the village of Pierzwin in the Lubusz province in western Poland on Friday. She was found lying in nearby marshland on Saturday morning with the dog by her side.
Firefighters who found the girl said the dog kept the child warm enough throughout the night, with temperatures plunging to minus 5 degrees Celsius (23 Fahrenheit).
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That's right folks -- welcome to Germany's only beach resort you can visit in February.
Located about 37 miles of Berlin, in Krausnick, a municipality of Brandenburg, the "Tropical Islands" indoor beach resort occupies a former Soviet military airship hangar.
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"I mean, just knowing they're out there is terrifying - how can I feel safe when these maniacs are on the loose in my neighborhood?" said a visibly rattled Ashley Stillson, 38, who explained that she strictly observed the city's advisory to avoid the historically violent, unpredictable predators by going out in groups and avoiding the streets entirely after nightfall.
"These guys are volatile and, in many cases, mentally unstable. Something needs to be done about them because I fear for my family knowing these sick people are still at large."
At press time, sources reported the tense mood in L.A. had brightened considerably after news of a serial rapist diverted numerous LAPD officers to a sprawling manhunt in nearby San Bernardino.
Well, sort of. Because His Holiness is resigning. As you may have guessed. From all the jokes on Twitter.
Yes, move over, horsemeat jokes! Pope Benedict XVI wants his moment in the sun. And in The Sun, which will no doubt use a Twitter joke as its headline tomorrow.
But for now: here are some of the silly/clever/occasionally disrespectful but above all funny tweets that have made us laugh about the papal departure. Do tweet your favourites to @HuffPostUKCom - because we'll be rounding up more for Friday's funny tweets of the week. Forgive us, Father.
© www.snurkbeddengoed.nlAstronaut bedding from Snurk.
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The owl got stuck inside the front grill after being accidentally run over by a woman driving along the Florida Turnpike.
The driver, Sonji Coney Williams, said she never knew the bird was stuck. She knew she had hit the owl, but assumed it had bounced into bushes. She got a huge surprise the next day, some 60 miles from where she hit the owl.
"There was a family that pulled in front of my parking space and flagged me down and said, 'Don't move, don't move, you have something in the grill of your truck. I said, 'Yes, what is it?' And they said, 'It's an owl.' And I said, 'An owl?'" Williams said.
The woman called animal control officials to help free the bird. Williams said she felt so guilty for hitting the owl that she had a hard time looking at it and even shed a few tears.
The owl was reportedly doing fine.
NBC's Saturday Night Live took on defense secretary nominee Chuck Hagel's recent confirmation hearing before the Senate Armed Services. In the real-life hearing, Hagel faced a tough round of questions and a heavy focus on his past statements about Israel. In the spoof, he also faces questions and warnings about Israel, albeit much stranger ones.
Check out the sketch below, which didn't air in the TV broadcast of the program, but was posted online by NBC. (Warning: It contains some crude jokes.)
Check out the sketch below, which didn't air in the TV broadcast of the program, but was posted online by NBC. (Warning: It contains some crude jokes.)
© Oleg Atbashian
According to a recent Bureau of Labor Statistics report, the number of people disappearing from the US workforce rose from 80.5 million when the president took office in 2009 to the current 89 million, while unemployment has remained steady near 8-9%. In other words, 8.5 million people have simply vanished in a way that can't be explained by the usual retirement or disability trends.
Comment: Considering the winter Germany has experienced this must be a welcome retreat:
Winter of discontent: Germany endures darkest winter in 43 years