Despite having been retired from prime time television for one year now and on a current cycle of cable channel syndication, everybody's favorite former 'Friends' have managed to make the news once again. In a recent poll of top television kisses conducted by TV Guide, Ross and Rachel's first kiss on 'Friends' managed to beat the likes of Richard Chamberlain's romantic encounter with Rachel Ward in 'The Thorn Birds' and Sam and Diane's smooch in the 'Cheers' season finale.

An animal sanctuary and several humane societies have saved about 700 aging chickens from certain death. The new owner of an old egg farm reported not knowing what to do with the hens he unknowingly purchased with the property.

Drunken wood pigeons have become a nuisance for bird rescue staff in New Zealand, with about 30 having to be rescued in the last two months. Robyn Webb, of the Whangarei Native Bird Rescue Center says, the kereru birds have been eating guava berries, which have fermented and caused the birds to become intoxicated.

New research finds sea birds are responsible for the transportation of industrial and agricultural pollutants to the Arctic. A recent study shows the levels of one important class of industrial chemicals, polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), are 30 times higher in Canadian Inuits living north of the Arctic circle, than in residents of temperate Quebec.

A 78-year-old woman is arrested after lacing a can of cat food with rat poison to ensure her neighbor's cats stayed away from her backyard. Myrtle Maly has been charged with two felony counts of animal mistreatment after admitting to officers to placing D-Con rodent killer in a can of "Special Kitty Salmon Dinner" cat food. The woman set the trap for her neighbor's cats, Tangerine and Tiger, after the two snuck into her backyard and attacked some birds.