A thief has been prying the letter R off signs in Greencastle, Ind.

“We’ve lost our Rs and we want them back,” said Randall Jones, who owns a hardware store in town.

The bandit has hit gas stations, restaurants, repair shops, medical offices and even the town’s National Guard post.

“I don’t know if they think it’s a joke, but to me it’s just theft,” said Sgt. Robert Lamb. “I just think it’s disturbing.”

Not to worry – the crook will be done in by the letter of the law.

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Talk about going undercover. A female New Zealand cop had a second gig – as a prostitute.

After being outed by the Auckland police department, she was let off with a warning.

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It wasn’t the running of the bulls, but the running of the cows – milk, that is. The crash of a German dairy truck sent 22,000 liters of cream cascading down a highway and caused $75,000 in damage.

The truck slammed into a safety barrier near the northern city of Oldenburg after the driver fell asleep at the wheel.

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One in three male fish in English rivers have undergone a “sex change” because of female hormones from contraceptive pills that have washed into waterways.

As a result, the formerly male fish have even been laying eggs, experts say.

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A trip to Belgium might be in order for porn lovers.

After a failed sex fair in the tiny town of Geraardsbergen, organizers dumped loads of dirty magazines, hard-core videos and erotic books in a field, and porn lovers have been flocking there.

Locals have dubbed the field Pornotopia.

“The organizers left behind thousands of DVDs and books, and the news has spread like wildfire,” said local resident Matthias Roggeman.