Police have released surveillance images of a wanted man dubbed the "Mrs. Doubtfire" bandit because he was disguised as a woman during a bank robbery in California.

The Santa Cruz Sentinel newspaper reports (http://bit.ly/1akHaNf ) the suspect was seen acting suspiciously Friday inside a U.S. Bank branch in Santa Cruz.

For those who jump at shadows: an opulent mansion with seven panic rooms and a secret staircase goes on the block this week in Florida.

Bidding opens Friday on the 8,125 square foot (750 square meter) villa in Homestead, Florida.

Last week, 26-year-old Lance Futch donned a white polo shirt and drove to Hill Air Force Base for what he believed was a chance to be in the audience during a news conference with a "senior White House official."

Instead, he found himself sitting at a small table just one seat away from President Barack Obama.

Canadian police launched an investigation Wednesday into the shooting death of a goose named after the Duchess of Cambridge that has left the bird's mate William and local townsfolk "heartbroken."

"There is an ongoing and active investigation into this unfortunate incident," Ontario Provincial Police Constable Glen Staley told Agence France Presse.

Users of the Apple iPhone and iPad got a new palate of emoji on Wednesday, including a group of alternative or gay family illustrations.

The new emoji appeared on an update to Apple's mobile operating software, iOS 8.3, which was rolled out on Wednesday. Some test versions of the software had been in use since February.

An Indonesian man hitched a high-stakes ride to the country's capital by clinging to the landing gear of a commercial plane, officials said Wednesday.

21-year-old Mario Steven Ambarita sneaked onto the tarmac at an airport in Sumatra on Tuesday before clambering aboard the Boeing jet's landing gear, air transport ministry director general Suprasetyo said.

U.S. President Barack Obama has a lot on his plate, but one item is causing him considerable stress: his impending empty nest syndrome. 

Sixteen-year-old daughter Malia hasn't even finished high school, but Obama says the thought of her heading off to college has him crying. Several times a day, in fact.  

A French owl breeder whose birds did a star turn in a Harry Potter film was acquitted Tuesday of wildlife violations that saw his beloved birds confiscated and banned from performing.

A court in central France noted the man's "lack of intent" to violate the rules over keeping and working with protected species, and ordered the three eagle owls be returned to him.

Britain's Prime Minister David Cameron has been skewered in the middle of a tense election campaign -- for eating a hot dog with a knife and fork.

The Conservative leader's visit on Monday to a voter barbecue backfired as an attempt to appear as an everyman, relaxing in a blue shirt as the beer flowed.

A South Korean activist said Wednesday he had launched thousands of copies of Hollywood film "The Interview" into North Korea by balloon, ignoring dire threats of reprisals from Pyongyang.

The capital has labelled the Seth Rogen comedy about a fictional CIA plot to assassinate North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un, a "wanton act of terror".