Ex-officer admits several scams (Dallas Morning News)
For years, Frank Salvador Bueno's nice clothes, fancy cars and exclusive addresses led people to trust the former Garland police officer's stories about amazing land deals, lucrative investments and life-changing legal settlements.

Millionaire will stay in touch (The Business EDP 24)
A Scottish multi-millionaire has pledged to continue his links with a Norfolk town following the filming of a new reality-TV programme. The Secret Millionaire, which was screened on Wednesday, showed Glasgow 'curry king' Charan Gill going to Thetford to experience life on the minimum wage.

Eaten out of house and home (Haaretz Daily)
Another disengagement is taking place in a few southern settlements. Unlike the first disengagement, in which residents were expelled from their homes, now residents remain in place while their homes vanish.

Bushfires claim first life (The Age)
Victoria's bushfires claimed their first life last night, when a man was run over by a fire tanker in Gippsland.