Melinda Liu on the extraordinary odyssey of Chen Guangcheng.

New York – An escaped monkey delayed a Beijing-bound flight for four hours at New York's JFK Airport on Thursday. The monkey escaped its crate in the cargo hold of an Air China Boeing 747 scheduled to depart at 4:50pm, Port Authority police said.

An escaped money wreaked havoc for a Beijing-bound Air China flight from New York on Thursday afternoon, holding up the plane for almost four hours. read more