New Jersey estate agent turns in fellow fraudsters

A mammoth corruption investigation paid off in New Jersey on Friday with 44 arrests, among them three mayors, two assemblymen and five rabbis. After recruiting an estate agent to wear a wire, the FBI uncovered corrupt mayors taking cash for zoning, money-laundering operations at synagogues, and a trafficker in human kidneys. The wire-wearer Solomon Dwek cooperated with police in order to avoid jail for a 2006 case in which he was charged with defrauding a bank of $26m.

Bonnie and Clyde prove yet again that love is blind

A blind dog in Norfolk has been given a new lease of life after getting his own guide dog. Clyde, a five-year-old border collie, is guided by Bonnie and refuses to go anywhere without her. The pair were rescued as strays earlier this month and are now looking for a home.

Cheeky monkey goes to pot for thieving owner

A monkey is the prime suspect in a robbery that took place in Texas last week. The Plants and Planters shop in Richardson was burgled when a monkey broke in and stole several flower pots, passing them over a fence to its owner.

We will always bee together

Chinese couple Li Wenhua and Yan Hongxia who shunned traditional wedding attire last week and instead got married while covered in bees.