The Berlin Zoo's polar bear cub, Knut, has risen to fame ever since his picture appeared on Vanity Fair cover with Leonardo DiCaprio. The cub, which has his own line of souvenirs now, has nearly 15,000 people come to the zoo every day. The 4-month-old polar bear has stuffed toys selling in his name at the rate of 800 a day. Not only this, the amazingly adorable cub also has T-shirts, key chains, coffee mugs and other kitsch to his name in the market.

A survey by a hotel chain has found that many men admit they like sleeping with teddy bears, with more saying they would prefer to do the same with actress Angelina Jolie. The surprising results came in when Travelodge hotel chain surveyed 2,000 men and found more men than women used the stuffed animals as sleep aids. However Angelina Jolie was the hot favorite among male respondents' wish-list of cuddling partners.

A woman has sued a hospital and two doctors after giving birth to a baby girl despite having an abortion. In the lawsuit filed in Suffolk Superior Court, Jennifer Raper, 45, claims that the physicians failed to end her pregnancy and now were responsible for the financial burden of raising her daughter. Raper decided to have an abortion when she found out she was pregnant in March 2004. Therefore, on April 9, 2004 she went to Planned Parenthood, where Dr. Allison Bryant performed the procedure on her, but it "was not done properly, causing the plaintiff to remain pregnant," said the complaint, according to the Boston Globe.

A 27-year-old man from Cataract, Wis. , credits his deceased dog for saving his life. According to Jason Schindler, he wouldn't have been alive if his 8-year-old mixed-breed hound, Dude, might not have jumped between him and an attacking black bear. Recalling the Thursday night incident to the Lacrossetribune. com, Schindler said he came out of his house after hearing Dude yelping loudly. But he was taken to surprise after he saw a huge "dark thing" lunging at him.

She weighs in at about 200 pounds and loves to hug men coming out of bars. The only problem is, she also likes to take their wallets. Authorities call her the "Hugging Bandit" and are warning men to stay away from her. Reports claim that the "Hugging Bandit" waits by bars in the wee hours of the morning for men who have had a little too much to drink. She hugs them tightly, trying to talk them into something a little more, and then, "ZAP," their wallets are gone. She uses their credit cards within a few hours after stealing them.