Robbery suspect turns up as store customer

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. -- A teen-ager suspected of holding up a convenience store for about $60 was arrested when he appeared as a customer a week later to buy some beef jerky and peanuts.

"He didn't wear a mask," Albuquerque police Detective Terre Molander said. He added that the clerk was "amazed ... that the guy who'd stuck a gun in his face would show up a week later."

Richard Romero, 17, was arrested after the clerk contacted police. Molander said Romero denied committing the Nov. 23 robbery.

Principal censors girl's yearbook photo

SALEM, Ore. -- A high school principal has banned a girl from having her senior picture appear in the yearbook because she used her pet rat as an accessory.

Sarah Ball posed with her pet, Rotten Rat, on her shoulder.

"He said it was distasteful and offensive," said Ball, 17. She counters that there's no rule against posing with pets. But McKay High School principal Rey Mayoral said state law gives him the right to censor the yearbook.

There are guidelines for the photographs, Mayoral said.