In an attempt to give her life a new start, a 45-year-old woman from Minnesota has decided to sell nearly all of her belongings in one huge auction on eBay. Lisa Perry, who has worked as a lawyer in Montana, a communications professor in Mankato, Minnesota, and a bookseller in North Carolina has reportedly put more than 300 items - including snowshoes, a futon, a bed, a Village People album and seashells on the auction that will end Thursday.

Filipino coffee traders called on villagers in Mountain Province to stop capturing and eating civet cats (Paradoxurus phippinensis) because a decline in the cat population would cause a decline in the supply of one of the world's most expensive coffee varieties. Civet cats eat ripe coffee berries, and local coffee traders gather the beans from their droppings to produce the most expensive coffee varieties in the world. The civet cat, locally known as motit or alamid, is a nocturnal animal that roams the forests of northern Philippines and dwells on rocks where fruit-bearing trees grow nearby.

A Beijing man says his cat, two-year-old Agui, says his own name when he gets scared. The man, Mr. Sun, says he discovered his pet's talent while attempting to give him a bath. According to Star Daily, Sun said, "Last year I was helping him take a bath, and he was scared of the water. After couple of 'miaow's, I heard a clear 'Agui. '"

A man was awarded $122,400 in court Friday for a bite on his hand that got so infected he had to stay in the hospital for three weeks. The owner of the cat, Jean Toney, was the sister of the defendant, Michael Sabo. According to Sabo's lawyer, Tom Pabst, Sabo had to pay thousands of dollars in medical bills after the cat lept into his lap and bit his right hand in 2004, causing an infection that left his fingers looking like "plump hot dogs. "

Two stray cats caused havoc Monday when they broke into a home in North Platte and attacked three people, including two women and a boy. According to police, animal control officer John Pettit went to the home of Melissa Breva after she called him to help get rid of two wild cats she had shut up in a bedroom after the felines attacked two women visiting her home. Breva told the police that cats entered the house through the front door and attacked the women without any reason.