In a treatment that equates Internet addicts to mentally ill people, China is giving electric shocks to people who spend more time on the Internet than required. The Chinese government has launched a nationwide campaign to treat "Internet addiction" and many Internet-addiction clinics have been opened in this regard. A recent survey found that nearly 14 percent of teens in China are vulnerable to becoming addicted to the Internet. The Communist Youth League calls it a "a grave social problem" that threatens the youth of this Asian country.

A Wisconsin man is thankful he survived a 16-story fall, but he's even more thrilled he doesn't remember the how or why of the incident. Joshua Hanson, who is recovering from the life-threatening injuries he suffered due to a fall from a window on the 17th floor of the Hyatt in downtown Minneapolis, says he is thankful to God that he has no memory of the plunge. "I feel really lucky I don't remember it because I probably would have some pretty serious nightmares," AP quotes the 29-year-old bar owner as saying.

New York City Hall will soon release a branded official city condom to encourage its use. Currently, the city distributes 1. 5 million free condoms monthly in ordinary wrappers. Plans are in place to implement a distinctive package design for the city's official condom, be it a subway themed one with the lines shown in different colors.

A school is facing criticism after it barred special-education students from participating in a spelling bee. Mendis Brown, principal of IS 252 Middle School Brooklyn, New York, refused to let two students participate in the contest, reportedly saying "You don't have the brains. "

In a strange case of jailbreak, a Lithuanian prisoner in an Arctic Norway jail literally slipped out of custody by stripping naked, smearing his body with vegetable oil and sliding through the prison bars. According to Svein-Erik Jacobsen, operation leader for the Oest-Finnmark Police District, "He slipped through the bars on Christmas Eve. " The strange method used for jailbreak was a subject of national news in Norway on Wednesday.