A convenience store in Columbus, Ohio, has some new allies in its battle with undesirables who harass its customers: Mozart, Beethoven and Bach.

Employees say fewer loiterers have been hassling shoppers since the store began blaring classical music from loudspeakers.

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An ex-con has been caught trying to break into jail.

Marvin Lane — who’d served time for robbery at Folsom Prison in Sacramento, Calif., in 2009 — apparently felt homesick for his alma mater, law-enforcement sources said.

Officers said a growing number of former inmates have been caught sneaking back in with illegal presents for pals they left behind.

But Lane’s alleged motive is a mystery — officials found no contraband on him.

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Warning to muggers in San Francisco: If you see this little old lady walking down the street, run for your lives.

At 98, Keiko Fukuda has become the first woman to be awarded a 10th-degree black belt in judo.

She had studied under Jigoro Kano, who invented Japanese judo in 1882.

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Cathay Pacific Airlines’ new ad campaign may have crashed before takeoff, thanks to two members of the mile-high club.

The slogan for the Hong Kong carrier was going to be “Meet the team who go the extra mile to make you feel special.”

Execs decided it was in questionable taste after someone photographed two crew members having sex in the cockpit.

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Britain considered a plot to spike Hitler’s food with female sex hormones, hoping it would make him less aggressive, according to a new book about World War II by Brian Ford.

The plot was never carried out, nor was an equally bizarre idea — dropping glue on German troops to make them stick to the ground.