An unusually high concentration of jellyfish has caused a large amount of discomfort along Spain's Mediterranean coast this summer, according to officials. The Red Cross says lifeguards have treated almost 11,000 people for stings on beaches so far this season in the northeastern region of Catalonia alone; twice the number from the same period last year, when the jellyfish count had already begun to rise.

The Washington County sheriff's office announces Tuesday that a man thought to have disappeared while hiking in southwest Utah has been traced to Australia. Bryan Butas, 35, planned to go hiking alone July 30 near Leeds. The following day, his car was found near the Oak Grove campground in Dixie National Forest.

Legendary comedian and actor Pat McCormick has died. The man responsible for writing comedy for such comedians as Phylis Diller, Red Skelton, and Johnny Carson died late Friday afternoon, he was 78-years old. McCormick had been living at the Motion Picture and Television Fund's hospital in Woodland Hills, California since 1998 when he suffered a stroke that left him partially paralyzed.

An 80-year-old Italian retiree, who lived alone with seven cats and was adopted by a family, after placing an ad in the classifieds begging for company, skipped out on them, leaving behind a dentist's bill for $2,860. Since taking off, Angelozzi has sent the family two checks to cover the cost; checks later discovered to be stolen from another family that had also taken in the con artist.