This cat burglar is really a cat.

A marauding feline named Midnight has been sneaking off in the dark to raid neighbors’ homes, garages, sheds and patios, bringing home shoes, hats, shirts, socks and even a wrapped present.

It’s stressful for pet owners Richard and Sue Boyd of Simi Valley, Calif.

“The cat leaves things all over. He’s a klepto cat,” a red-faced Richard said.

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A Cincinnati judge declared a mistrial in an obscenity case after a male juror fell asleep while a porn flick in evidence was being shown.

Judge Richard Niehaus also chewed out two other jurors who averted their eyes from “Maximum Hardcore Extreme, Vol. 7.”

“Justice requires the evidence be reviewed and considered in its entirety,” Niehaus declared.

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An international coalition of department-store Santas held their annual convention in Copenhagen this week and renewed their vows to stay away from booze.

“You cannot be a good Santa if you smell of alcohol,” said Garcia Quintero, who is in a two-year probation period.

The Santas also unanimously voted in favor of holding Christmas Eve on Dec. 24.

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A Virginia teen has been arrested for stealing a pizza and hot dogs – from his sister’s fridge.

David Richards of Caroline was charged with petit larceny because his older sister, Ann Turkette, and her family feel “he needs to learn a lesson about taking other people’s property,” Sheriff’s Capt. Scott Moser said.

Richards has denied taking the food, although he admitted to cops that “the facts look awful bad for me.”

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A traveling art exhibit featuring 66 life-sized statues of naked men in crouching positions has taken Germany by storm.

Artist Claudia Rogge, 38 of Dusseldorf said, “What’s really surprised me is that it’s been associated with the state of the German economy – that we are stooped and vulnerable. People also see Germany on her knees in history.”