For her four years of burglarizing the Windsor Castle, Mime has been aptly penalized or rewarded in her case, as she was finally accorded a royal treatment at the royal palace. Mime, a ten-year old cat who lives in a Chinese restaurant nearby, is a regular visitor at the royal palace, dining with other members of the royalties - the Queen's dogs.

After its 5,000 first edition copies sold out, Iranian authorities banned the latest novel by Gabriel Garcia Marquez after they realized its title had been altered. Titled "Memories of My Melancholy Whores", the book was printed in Farsi as "Memories of Melancholy Sweethearts" and was sold out in Iran within three weeks.

A stripper sent to a U. K. high school by mistake left students and a teacher perplexed when she spanked a 16-year-old student in front of the class. School officials are now investigating the incident that took place at a drama class in Arnold Hill School in Nottingham.

Peggy Mcalpine, a British pensioner has set the world record as the oldest person to paraglide from the top of a 760-meter peak in the Five Finger mountains in northern Cyprus. She did it not just for fun, but to mark and celebrate the fond memories of her 100th birthday. "I had a wonderful time and I would love to do it again, but I will give it a few years and let someone else have a go at beating the record," Mcalpine was quoted as saying right after she leaped from the mountain range.

A 14-year-old area girl twice found rocks rather than rock-and-roll when purchasing an iPod at local Target stores. Regan Ritter discovered the rock-filled iPod packaging after seeking to buy the digital media device for her birthday. At Forth Worth, Ritter used her mom's $350 Target credit card. After returning it, the store offered a credit at a Grand Prairie Target. At the Grand Prairie store, Ritter and her mom opened an iPod video package in front of store personnel and again found a package full of rocks.