The city of Rome is prohibiting goldfish bowls, after animal rights activists say the bowls are harmful to fish. The classic spherical fish bowls are banned under a new by-law. It also prevents fish or other animals being given away as fairground prizes.

In the Dodds family, traditional board games have gone the way of the dinosaur, and been replaced with one of the hottest new trends: Poker. Once the activity of smoky, back-door clubs and casinos, family participation requires some easy-to-use new inventions, including the DB Dealer, which combines the game's dealer button -- an oversized, round chip marker that denotes which player bets last, the most advantageous betting position -- and the blind timer, an alarm that marks a minimum bet increase, called a blind.

Delegates to the annual World Toilet Summit in Northern Ireland's capital deliberate on crucial issues like anti-social activities in rest rooms, portable toilets, and amenities for the blind. Raymond Martin, director of the Irish Toilet Association, says delegates have launched a "Bog Standard Campaign" to advocate better toilets in UK schools. They have also inaugurated Belfast's first public UriLift toilet, a stainless steel urinal that rises hydraulically out of the ground to facilitate male users.

Max and Bessie Cohen died Monday, after being married for 74 years and nine months. What is interesting, is that Max died from complications of dementia at 97, and she in her sleep at 94, only an hour apart from each other. Daughter, Marilyn Berman of Pikesville says, "They died within an hour of one another. I still can't believe it. She died at 6 a. m. , and he died exactly an hour later. Their hearts always beat as one, and they lived that way until the end. "

Max and Bessie Cohen died Monday, after being married for 74 years and nine months. What is interesting, is that Max died from complications of dementia at 97, and she in her sleep at 94, only an hour apart from each other. Daughter, Marilyn Berman of Pikesville says, "They died within an hour of one another. I still can't believe it. She died at 6 a. m. , and he died exactly an hour later. Their hearts always beat as one, and they lived that way until the end. "