A woman in D.C. scared off a mugger by lying and telling him that she worked for the NSA and they would track him if he took her phone.

This week Florida prison authorities accidentally released and paid for bus tickets for two convicted murderers who were supposed to be serving life sentences without possibility of parole.

The United States has always liked to keep a close eye on its neighbor to the south, making sure that things stay pretty comfortable for U.S. interests. But while former Mexican President Felipe Calderon enjoyed an especially close relationship to the United States, it wasn't enough to stop the NSA from hacking his email account and spying on his whole administration.

[Contestants perform in Indonesia's Sapi Sonok, or female cow beauty contest, where the bovines are judged on decoration, cleanliness, and harmony of walk. Photo via Getty]

The yellow fever mosquito, also known as Aedes aegypti, has been buzzing around California, leaving larvae in Madera, Fresno and the Bay Area. The species is known to transmit yellow fever, dengue, and other diseases, but must first bite an infected person before it can spread disease.

A man is dead after a brawl involving 250 people broke out at a New Jersey bowling alley.

In the aftermath of John F. Kennedy's assassination almost 50 years ago, the nation watched as the casket carrying the body of the former president went through the process of a state funeral, eventually ending its journey in Arlington National Cemetery. The casket didn't contain all of JFK, however — his brain was missing. And a new book claims his brother stole it.

“I consider that theory the ‘Bad Samaritan’ theory. Basically, inflict a bunch of harm on the American people and hope we benefit politically from it. What a terrible, cynical approach," Ted Cruz told CNN without a hint of irony, explaining why he wouldn't just let the healthcare law succeed or fail on its own.

International authorities are trying to find the real parents of a blonde-haired, blue-eyed, four-year-old girl who police discovered hiding under a blanket during a drug raid on a Roma gypsy camp near central Greece.

A violin that was played as the Titanic sunk has sold for $1.7 million. It was pulled from the icy waters days after the 1912 disaster, still strapped to the back of the bandleader.

There's nothing scarier than a clown. Except, possibly, a clown who is pointing a gun at you. Which was the unfortunate (for him) last image seen by former drug kingpin Francisco Rafael Arellano Felix as he was vacationing with family in Baja California this week.

The Walmart employee who was fired for confronting a man who was assaulting his girlfriend has been offered his job back. He's unsure if he wants to return to work.

Almost two dozen women have come forward with complaints about being forced to strip naked in a Washington police station after being arrested for DUI, and then videotaped by police officers.

JP Morgan is close to a record $13 billion settlement with the Justice Department over its role in the crooked mortgages that led to the 2008 financial crisis.

Two Canadian teenagers were arrested last week after they stole three cars and rammed their way through a border crossing into Maine. Despite fired shots, police vehicle collisions, and a nail strip, police on both sides of the border were unable to apprehend the teens until they crashed into a guardrail.

What is going on in Cleveland? A neighbor of Ariel Castro has been arrested for the murder and rape of two women.

[It's Fashion Week in Japan, which means everyone you know is going to be rockin' this look come fall. Photo by Koji Sasahara via AP]

A Tennessee man uncontrollably cries blood, leaving him without a job and out of school.