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.

In an incident of what can be yet another U. S. Mint goof, a Colorado couple has found a dollar coin without the face of George Washington on it. Although, the coin does have "In God We Trust" inscribed on its edge, it is missing out on the images both on its front and backside. "We're just so excited," Mary Smith told The Associated Press. "I'm just dumbfounded that we actually found something significant. "

A moose apparently annoyed by being shot with a tranquilizer dart charged the rear rotor of a hovering helicopter, colliding with it and eventually bringing it down to the ground. The pilot and a wildlife biologist aboard the helicopter were not injured in the incident but the moose had to be euthanized. As a part of his study on moose, biologist Kevin White shot the animal with a tranquilizer dart and followed it while the pilot maneuvered the helicopter to keep the animal from slipping into a tight space or collapsing in water and drowning, Doug Larsen, regional supervisor for the Division of Wildlife Conservation told the Anchorage Daily news.

A woman was making coffee in the kitchen of her daughter's New Jersey home Sunday morning when she looked out the window and found herself face to face with a 211-pound black bear. Lorraine Grossman's shocked scream was enough to send the bear scurrying up a 40-foot-tall tree. "I was making a pot of coffee, and I turned around and there he was in the window looking at me," Grossman said, according to AP. "For a minute I didn't realize there was a glass between him and me. "

An Illinois woman chose to go for early labor, two days before her due date, so that her "Chicago Bears" besotted husband could watch them play against the "New Orleans Saints" during Sunday's NFC Championship game. Colleen Pavelka, 28, said her decision to induce early labor was out of her fear of going into labor during the game, that might have resulted in Mark, her husband, missing out on the game. "I thought, how could (Mark) miss this one opportunity that he might never have again in his life?," AP quoted the 28-year-old Pavelka as saying.