Subscribe | UPI Odd Newsletter Subscribe Woman on disability caught jogging MONTEFORTE IRPINO, Italy, Aug. 5 (UPI) -- Italian authorities said a woman who collected a state disability pension by claiming she was a complete invalid was caught jogging with her dog. Advertisement Police in the city of Monteforte Irpino said the 62-year-old woman was being monitored by police for some time before her arrest July 29. She had been repeatedly seen jogging with her dog and tilling land on her farm, ANSA reported Wednesday. The woman, who had received a state disability pension as well as state support for a personal caregiver, was charged with fraud. Failed bank robber turned self in NEW YORK, Aug. 5 (UPI) -- Police said a man who walked away empty-handed from an attempted bank robbery in New York called police to give himself up about 45 minutes later. Investigators said Lamarr Simmons, 44, handed a note demanding money to a teller at the Citibank branch at 10:25 a.m. and quickly left the scene when the teller walked away from him, the New York Post reported Wednesday. "What kind of robber leaves the bank without any money?" witness Jeffrey Gross said. "He ought to go back to robber school." Advertisement Simmons called police and gave himself up about 45 minutes after the incident, police said. Woman flies business class with pooch JERUSALEM, Aug. 5 (UPI) -- Unwilling to fly without her pooch by her side, an Israeli woman purchased the entire business section of an El Al flight from Paris to Israel. The woman identified as Rivka, told the Channel 10 television network Wednesday afternoon, she could not bear the thought of her eight-year-old boxer dog being placed in a cage in the cargo hold of the plane for the duration of the flight. "He is my baby, and I asked El Al to rent out the business section and paid $32,000 to ensure my dog, Or (light in Hebrew), would be able to sit next to me for the entire flight," she told the television. Rivka said it is the first time the two have flown since 2006. In the past her pet suffered from severe anxiety after flying alone in the cargo section, she said. This time she decided to purchase the entire business section of the jetliner and enjoy the dog's company for the four-hour flight from Paris to Israel. Calif. woman wins big on way to work Advertisement LINCOLN, Calif., Aug. 5 (UPI) -- A California woman who stopped by a casino on her way to work said she won nearly $1.65 million on a five-cent slot machine. Susan Nott of Auburn won $1,648,076.81 after about a half an hour of playing the Wizard of Oz-themed nickel slot machines at Thunder Valley Casino in Lincoln, the Sacramento (Calif.) Bee reported Wednesday. Nott said she plans to use her winnings to pay off her children's student loans, buy a car and invest.
