After inmates at the Dallas County Detention Center set fire to the jail in a breakout attempt, authorities decided to include a lesson in the extensive repairs that were needed to get the building back into shape. Dallas County Sheriff Mike Rackley says if the inmates are going to act like children, they should be treated like children. So he is having the jail painted pink with blue teddy bear accents. Rackley tells the AP: "Basically, if they are going to act like children and commit a childish act, then we'll make a childish atmosphere. And it's a calming thing - teddy bears are so soothing. So we made it like a day care, and that's kind of like what it is, a day care for adults who can't control their behavior in public. "

A businessman who sold condoms in a shop in the eastern Chinese province of Zhejiang was shut down by government officials for selling the latex products without instructions and with images deemed offensive, including the image of former Communist leader Chairman Mao Zedong, a state newspaper said Tuesday. Having received numerous complaints about shop owner Zhang Zhiwen's condoms, which bear the likeness of several People's heroes, the industry and commerce administration raided the business and ordered the man to close down.

Spain's King Juan Carlos was recently accused of animal cruelty during a trip to Russia. A hunting grounds official made an accusation the king shot and killed a drunken bear in a hunting escapade. The monarch was on a private hunting trip in the Vologda region in northwest Russia in August, when he reportedly slaughtered the bear after it was plied with alcohol and released it into his shooting range.

Authorities in eastern India are trying to boost the morale of residents of crime-ridden Aurangabad by painting the city pink. Officials said Monday they planned to finish the paint job before October 21, the day of Diwali, the Hindu festival of light. Officials say Aurangabad's two million residents are complaining about poor quality of life and depression due to the city's high crime rate. Aurangabad is located in Bihar, one of the poorest states in India, and is plagued with killing, extortion, kidnapping and inter-caste wars.

New Hampshire officials are blaming a teddy bear for the deaths of 2,500 trout. The stuffed animal clogged a drain after it was dropped into a pool at a Fish and Game Department hatchery. The fish were suffocated because the clog blocked the flow of oxygen to the pool.