Cannetto, Sicily -- Residents in the village of Cannetto in Sicily are in fear that their homes could be the next to burst into flames after the electrical appliances in several houses spontaneously ignited. Now a famous Italian exorcist, Father Gabriele Amorth, claims the combustion is being caused by the devil, but the villagers believe the answer has to do with electromagnetism.

SAN JOSE, Calif. -- Miss Vietnam of Northern California had to abdicate her throne after pageant officials received an e-mail alerting them that she posed nude on the internet. Miss Kim Hoang Tong admitted she was paid $400 to pose for an adult website when she was 19 before submitting her resignation.

SAO PAULO -- A Brazilian man stripped naked outside a bank in Sao Paulo, Brazil, because he was frustrated the metal detector kept buzzing when he tried to enter the place. Antonio Goghetto says the alarm at the Caixa Economica Federal bank went off even when he was totally naked and standing outside on the street. After his outburst, police arrested him for indecent exposure, reports Terra.com.

GAINSVILLE, Fla. -- A bank-robbing grandpa has told police he went through with the hold-up so he could pay his wife's medical bills. The 71-year-old was captured after taking the cash from a Compass Bank in Gainsville, Florida, and his 66-year-old wife drove the getaway car. A detective working on the case tells the "Gainsville Sun" that the senior citizen was the oldest bank robber he's ever apprehended.

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