A house painter who was accused of stealing a $7,000 engagement ring from the condo he was working on was caught on tape swallowing the ring when he was taken into a police station for questioning. According to officers, Kenny Narron, 44, sucked the ring down his gullet when investigators left the room to make some phone calls - and it was all caught on the security camera. Doctors had to perform an emergency surgery to get the ring out of Narron, of Richlands, NC. According to Lieutenant James Sartell, Narron was arraigned on his hospital bed.

American firm Under-Tech has launched, Under-Ease pants, the world's first pants with built-in underwear designed to contain the smell of farts. The Web site of the company claims over 10,000 satisfied customers have tried and tested the new product. Buck Weimer, President of Under-Tec and inventor of the pants said the underwear has a built-in, multi-layered, replaceable filter made of felt, charcoal and fiberglass wool that traps the smell of flatulence.

One woman is lucky to have escaped injury after a piece of an airplane crashed into the roof of a home near Midway Airport in Chicago, Illinois. A 12-inch disc from an engine turbine wheel fell only 2 feet from Dorothy Gohn's bed, while she was laying there sleeping. Authorities from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) say Gohn wasn't injured in the accident.

Even staying at a pricey Hilton Hotel and sleeping on luxury linens doesn't guarantee freedom from being bitten by bed bugs. Soprano Alison Trainer slept at the Phoenix Hilton Suites between Nov. 20 and Nov. 26, and said she was bitten 150 times and traumatized by the bugs who shared her bed. Trainer has sued Hilton Hotels Corp. for $6 million claiming it was a "horrific" experience that resulted in a fear of sleeping in a bed, caused her to lose weight and affected her physical appearance.

he pet tabby cat of an Australian family of four saved the household from a house fire by alerting and clawing at the owner's face. Alert Timmy the tabby made the move by rousing his unidentified owner when a mattress suddenly caught fire as the family slept. "The cat was probably the best smoke alarm system . . . it was clawing at the occupant's face and got him up and out of bed," Cairns fire service spokesman Robert White-Macfarlane told media.