A real cat burglar is on the loose in San Mateo, Calif.

Dusty has swiped 600 items over the years — towels, gloves, shoes, socks and anything else the feline can carry home from neighbors’ yards.

The Animal Planet TV show “Must Love Cats” documented the tail of klepto-crime using night-vision cameras.

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St. Lucie County, Fla., sheriff’s deputies arrested a man for domestic battery, but not before rejecting his arm-wrestling challenge.

As deputies approached the 6-foot-2, 275-pound suspect, he shouted: “I’m a champion arm wrestler, I can bench press 600 pounds. I’m gonna kick all your asses.”

Before he was handcuffed, the man also tried to head-butt a deputy.

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Life is like a box of chocolates: You never know what kind of psychedelic mushrooms you’re gonna get.

Cops in Friendswood, Texas, raided a house where major pot sales were conducted.

Police also seized 355 grams of chocolate candy laced with psychedelic “shrooms.”

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French schools are employing a zero-tolerance policy against sweets.

Enterprising 12-year-old student Flavien Roger is facing expulsion for “trafficking in lollipops,” his mom said, and making a sweet profit of $38.

The kid got the candy from his dad’s confectionery in southeastern France. His parents are fighting the expulsion.

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Lay off the kalbi, rake in the bucks!

Hana Bank in South Korea gives better interest rates on deposits to customers who lose 5 percent of their weight within a year or join a gym.

The oddball financial incentive reflects the nation’s new obsession with fitness and weight loss.