Picasso and Matisse prints stolen

The AP reports that more than 30 works of art were stolen from a Berlin gallery over the new year holiday.

The etchings, prints and sculptures included "Profil au fond noir," a 1947 work by Picasso; "Nude in a rocking chair," a Matisse print from 1913; and "Le Boupeut," a 1962 color print by Georges Braque.

Prisoner escapes in box

The BBC has an article about a prisoner who escaped a German jail by mailing himself out in a box.

At the end of his shift, the inmate climbed into a cardboard box and was taken out of prison by express courier. His whereabouts are still unknown.

The chief warden of the jail told the BBC this was an embarrassing incident.