South African animal welfare officers captured a hyena cub on Thursday that had been roaming the northern Johannesburg suburbs creating panic.

The animal had been spotted running around several leafy suburbs, before it was cornered and darted by veterinarians from the Johannesburg Zoo, where it has been transferred.

Post-it notes, those sticky papers used by pen-and-ink people for reminders and bookmarks, are getting new life for the digital world.

The maker of Post-it, 3M Corp, and the software firm Evernote announced plans Thursday for a partnership "to give new digital life to Post-it products using Evernote's technology," a joint statement said.

A French climber scaling a glacier off Mont Blanc got more than satisfaction for his efforts when he stumbled across a treasure trove of emeralds, rubies and sapphires that had been buried for decades.

The jewels, estimated to be worth up to 246,000 euros ($332,000), lay hidden in a metal box that was on board an Indian plane that crashed in the desolate landscape some 50 years ago.

Italian athlete Devis Licciardi risks a two year ban after using a fake penis during a doping control.

The 27-year-old was caught with the artificial organ at the Italian championships at Molfetta last Saturday.

An anti-war theater troupe traveling from Northern Ireland to Bosnia says four of its members were arrested at a Belfast airport after security officials found bullets inside a costume.

The cast and crew of "The Conquest of Happiness" were trying to fly to Sarajevo for a performance of their anti-war play when security officers detected 12 live rounds sewn into a denim jacket used by an actor who portrays a war correspondent.

The latest species to join Dutch police is hard at work behind the blacked-out windows of a building in Rotterdam: rats learning to sniff out crime and a new forensic future.

Derrick, Thomson and Thompson, Magnum and Poirot, all named after fictional detectives, are being groomed to help police not only keep the streets clean but also save time and money.

A 99-year-old American woman who dropped out of a high school more than 80 years ago despite needing only one credit to graduate has finally received her diploma.

Audrey Crabtree, of Cedar Falls in the State of Iowa, smiled Monday as she received an honorary diploma for her time at Waterloo East High School.

If only all unwelcome bar guests were this obliging.

A black bear walked into the bar at the Alaskan Hotel in downtown Juneau on Monday night.

A British zoo said Wednesday it has banned visitors from wearing leopard or zebra print clothes because they are confusing the animals.

"We have announced an animal-print ban. This follows confusion amongst our 'Zufari: Ride Into Africa!' animals," Chessington World of Adventures said in a statement.

 The Kremlin on Wednesday rubbished rumors that President Vladimir Putin had remarried in a monastery with a former Olympic rhythmic gymnastics gold medalist, saying the talk had "nothing in common with reality".

The Russian strongman's private life has been the subject of intense speculation since he and his wife Lyudmila announced in June they were divorcing after three decades of marriage.