Caterina Bonci is accusing Catholic Church authorities of firing her because she is too attractive to teach religion after 14 years on the job. The Church, however, says she was removed from the central Adriatic city of Fano because she is divorced. Bonci says that she has never hidden her 2000 divorce from Church authorities, dresses down when teaching and defended her right to dress how she likes in her private life, according to Reuters.

An investigation is being conducted into how a helicopter accidentally dropped a concrete block onto a cable car, killing nine German tourists. Answers are being sought into whether a technical fault or human error was the cause. Six children were among the nine German skiers killed in Monday's accident in Soelden, a ski resort in the Tirol.

Political Activist and Actor Sean Penn made his way down to the city of New Orleans with a personal photographer and an entourage in an attempt to help victims stranded by floods caused by Hurricane Katrina. Penn had planned to rescue children and adults in the flood waters, but apparently forgot to plug a hole in the bottom of the vessel, which began taking water within seconds of its launch.

Political Activist and Actor Sean Penn made his way down to the city of New Orleans with a personal photographer and an entourage in an attempt to help victims stranded by floods caused by Hurricane Katrina. Penn had planned to rescue children and adults in the flood waters, but apparently forgot to plug a hole in the bottom of the vessel, which began taking water within seconds of its launch.

A South African inventor is attempting to curtail rapes in a country with one of the highest rates of sexual assaults in the world with a new condom. He unveiled a new "anti-rape" female condom on Wednesday that hooks onto an attacker's penis.