Report: J.K. Rowling working on crime novel

London – J.K. Rowling has been spotted at cafes in Scotland working on a detective novel, a British newspaper reported Saturday.

The Sunday Times newspaper quoted Ian Rankin, a fellow author and neighbor of Rowling’s, as saying the creator of the “Harry Potter” books is turning to crime fiction.

“My wife spotted her writing her Edinburgh criminal detective novel,” the newspaper, which was available late Saturday, quoted Rankin as telling a reporter at an Edinburgh literary festival.

“It is great that she has not abandoned writing or Edinburgh cafes,” said Rankin, who is known for his own police novels.

Rowling famously wrote initial drafts of the Potter story in the Scottish city’s cafes. Back then, she was a struggling single mother who wrote in cafes to save on the heating bill at home.

Now she’s Britain’s richest woman – worth $1 billion, according to Forbes magazine – and her seven Potter books have sold more than 335 million copies worldwide.

Thieves plunder wrestler Hogan’s home in Florida

Miami – Life in South Florida keeps body-slamming Hulk Hogan to the canvas. First his Lamborghini went up in flames. And now, his house has been burglarized by crooks who made off with $100,000 worth of bling.

In the latest bit of bad fortune, Hogan was moving out of his home Thursday when jewelry – including a platinum diamond watch and diamond-encrusted dog tags – vanished, according to a report filed with the Miami Beach Police Department.

Hogan’s son, Nicholas, told police officers he had left a watch and two necklaces wrapped in a T-shirt in his upstairs closet and they were gone later.

Four maids and several movers were in the house at the time. They were questioned by police.

In November, Nicholas was driving the family’s Lamborghini when he smelled a burning odor. He pulled over and got out of the car before it burst into flames.

Method Man to tour schools for plea deal

New York – Method Man is going back to school.

As part of a plea deal reached following a marijuana arrest earlier this year, the hip-hop star was ordered to visit 15 city high schools to warn students about the dangers of drugs.

The former Wu-Tang Clan member, whose real name is Clifford Smith, “is thrilled to do it,” defense attorney Peter Frankel said Friday. “He’s never been in trouble before. He’s not a stereotypical rapper.”

Smith, 36, was arrested May 17 after toll-booth workers on the Brooklyn side of the Brooklyn Battery Tunnel reported smelling marijuana smoke from his SUV. He was charged with driving under the influence of drugs and drug possession after police said they found marijuana in the SUV.