Quito, Colombia -- Columbian police can't stomach thieves, especially the guy who recently tried to smuggle more than $50,000 inside his stomach. The money-hungry thief faces up to eight years of prison if convicted of money-laundering.

FOND DU LAC, Wisc. -- The simple act of eating a hamburger became a worldwide media event on Monday when a man from Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, consumed his 20,000th Big Mac. Burger maniac Don Gorske has been eating an average of two Big Macs every day since 1972, and was surrounded by a crowd of 200 as he ate his milestone meal.

BILLUND, Denmark -- When pigs fly: A Chinese airline is doing "swine" after making a special flight from Denmark to Zhengzhou with a cargo of 500 pigs. The 65-ton shipment of live porkers were taken to their new home in China in high style, traveling in specially-built three-tiered cages with liquid "refreshments" available at all times.

WARSAW, Poland -- False reports that German clinics are paying $400 for a pint of blood sent Poles running for the border. The head of the Red Cross in Frankfurt says, "They've heard some kind of reports, but it's just not possible. Our donors must live in Germany, and we at the German Red Cross do not pay for blood." So far, the origin of the rumor remains a mystery.

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