JACKSON, Michigan(AP) — Jackson police are working to crack a case of fowl play.

They're searching for a man who broke into an apartment about 11 p.m. Tuesday to steal a family's holiday turkey. Police Lt. Christopher Simpson told the Jackson Citizen Patriot the suspect ran into the kitchen and took the turkey from the freezer.

He said the six-foot, 300-pound bald man "fled with turkey in hand."

Police said a woman and two children were home at the time, and no one was injured.

Moving package sows panic at US city hall

NASHVILLE, Tennessee (AP) — A package for Tennessee's governor turned out to be not too jolly for staffers at the Capitol. Safety Department spokesman Mike Browning disclosed that officials evacuated the building for almost two hours when the mail room found a package addressed to Gov. Phil Bredesen that contained moving parts.

As it turned out, it was a mechanical Santa Claus. The department's bomb squad and agents from the Tennessee Emergency Management Agency and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) were called to take care of the package. The governor was not in the building at the time.

Hobo breaks into house to cook supper

ALEXANDRIA, La. (AP) — Police have arrested a man suspected of breaking into a home to cook a meal.

The Alexandria Daily Town Talk reported Wednesday that 29-year-old man, who told police he was homeless, was arrested and charged with burglary.

A woman told authorities she walked into her home around 5:30 p.m. to find a man inside. She said she asked the man what he was doing, and he told her it was his aunt's home and that she was not to be there. The man told the woman that his aunt told him he could come by anytime he wanted.

When police arrived, officers discovered that the oven and a heater were on and that the man had been cooking and eating the woman's food.

Videogames eyed to help solve crimes

RALEIGH, North Carolina (Reuters Life!) — In hit TV crime drama show “C.S.I.: Crime Scene Investigation,”' and its two spin-offs, the criminologists use the latest technology to solve grisly murders and other crimes.

Soon, real criminal investigation teams will be using videogame technology to help forensic scientists North Carolina State recently received a $1.4 million grant from the National Science Foundation's Cyber-Enabled Discovery and Innovation (CDI) program to help lay a foundation that promotes greater collaboration in the field of forensic science -- a platform they call IC-CRIME (interdisciplinary, cyber-enabled crime reconstruction through innovative methodology and engagement).

The IC-CRIME platform will employ the latest in 3-D laser scanning technologies and run on the Unity game engine technology, which powers over 50 commercial games like ''Fall Fusion'' and ''VooDude.''

The laser scanner technology, developed by Research Triangle Park company 3rdTech, will allow investigators to accurately record room and object dimensions, as well as the placement of every piece of evidence in a crime scene.

China to expand old-for-new car plan

BEIJING (Reuters) — China will expand schemes that give consumers a discount if they trade in old cars and household appliances for new ones, according to Vice Commerce Minister Jiang Zengwei.

The programs will contribute to a fresh drive by the government to boost rural and urban consumption next year to push up overall economic growth, Xinhua news agency quoted Jiang at the weekend as telling a forum in Beijing.

The trade-in offers, along with tax rebates for rural buyers of domestic appliances and tax breaks on fuel-efficient cars, have helped sustain retail sales, which rose 16.2 percent in the year to October.