Five policemen of a patrolling party were killed on Friday in Jharkhand when Maoists waiting in dense forest ambushed them.

The incident happened in Ranchi district's Silli area, about 50 km from the state capital.

The dead policemen were part of the Special Task Force (STF) of Jharkhand police.

"The STF personnel were returning after inspecting a bank near the Rahe outpost in Silli, when Maoists, waiting in the dense forest, ambushed them," said Inspector General of Police S N Pradhan.

CHICAGO, Dec. 5 -- Workers at a Chicago factory that shut down this week said Friday they will remain in the plant until police throw them out or they get their last paychecks.

A union representative at Republic Windows and Doors blamed Bank of America for the debacle, CBS2 in Chicago reported. Leah Fried of the United Electrical Workers of America accused the bank of forcing the company to close by cutting off credit and then refusing to guarantee payment on its last checks.

Workers said they feel desperate.

"It's just miserable, everything is up in the air," Melvin Maclin, a Republic employee, said. "We don't know anything, no one wants to talk with us."

PUERTO VILLAMIL, Ecuador, Dec. 5 -- Park rangers at Ecuador's Galapagos National Park said a tortoise believed to be the last of its subspecies has failed in two attempts at fathering children.

The rangers said the 90-year-old tortoise named Lonesome George -- the last known member of the Pinta Island tortoise subspecies
-- has shown little interest in mating since it was found in 1971, The Daily Telegraph reported Friday.

Lonesome George, who has become a regional icon for conservation, did mate with two female tortoises of another subspecies in June and both of the females later laid eggs. However, scientists said all of the eggs turned out to be infertile.

LONDON, Dec. 5 -- A London appeals court has upheld the conviction of a lawyer who was found guilty of biting a police officer and stripping naked after she was pulled over.

Elizabeth Joseph, 56, was convicted in February of obstructing a constable and assaulting a police officer in the execution of his duty after she was pulled over while driving her Hyundai outside of a railway station.

She went into a fit of rage when officers began searching her car and police quoted her as saying: "What? Do you think I'm a terrorist?" They said she then bit Constable Vincent Geaves' right hand, the appeals court was told.

Authorities said Joseph continued ranting and shed her clothing after she was taken into custody.

LUDLOW, England, Dec. 5 -- A Ludlow, England, auction includes a letter written by the former Prince of Wales lamenting his inability to serve on the front lines of World War I.

The letter, written in March 1915 by the future King Edward VIII when he was 19-years-old, will be auctioned Dec. 16 at Ludlow Racecourse by Mullock's auctioneers, The Daily Telegraph reported Friday.

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla., Dec. 5 -- Prosecutors may use evidence seized from ex-astronaut Lisa Nowak's car in her trial for allegedly attacking a romantic rival, a Florida court appeals has ruled.

However, the three-judge panel upheld a lower court finding that police did not properly read Nowak her Miranda rights, Florida Today reported. That means a statement she gave will be barred as evidence.

"The trial court applied the correct legal standards in determining that Nowak neither waived her Miranda rights, nor voluntarily spoke with police," the court said in its decision Friday.