The new edition of the game Monopoly will feature major companies such as McDonald's, Starbucks and Motorola. Instead of an old shoe, McDonald's French Fries will be a player piece along with a Starbucks coffee cup, a Toyota Prius car, a Motorola RAZR phone and a New Balance running shoe. The "Here and Now" U. S. edition of the board game will feature Times Square instead of Boardwalk, among other changes.

The Philippine Department of Environment and Natural Resources has filed charges against Motortrade Co. , before the regional trial court Branch 51 in Sorsogon City, Philippines for violation of Presidential Decree 953, which prohibits the nailing of anything, including advertisements, on trees which could cause injury to them. The law states that "any person who cuts, destroys, damages or injures naturally growing or planted trees of any kind, flowering or ornamental plants and shrubs, or plants of scenic, aesthetic and ecological values. . . shall be punished with imprisonment. "

A British postman is suspended for giving advice on how to stop junk mail from being delivered to people's homes. Roger Annies, 48, may lose his job for handing out leaflets on his route telling residents how to halt letters offering loans, credit cards and other services.

A central Connecticut city council recently shut down a boy's bait selling business saying owning the business outside of his home was against city ordinance. Joey Cadieux, 13, said he makes $5 to $10 selling the worms he finds in his back yard to fisherman. He uses the money to buy pizza.

A club plans to include nude women in its shows when it opens in a building owned by an Australian church, prompting anger from clergy members. The Dean of St. David's Anglican Cathedral in Hobart, Tasmania is upset about flyers advertising full frontal nudity at the nightclub.