Sister Kathy Avery, a principal from a catholic school will not tolerate bad words spreading in the school, and she will not hesitate mentioning the offending language to make sure everybody understands which words she do not want to hear from students. After a Mass last month, fifth to eight graders were gathered by the principal of St. Clare of Montefalco Catholic School and informed that she had no tolerance for cursing.

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez officially reset the country's official time by 30 minutes, effective Sunday. With the move, Venezuela is now four-and-a-half hours earlier than the Greenwich Mean Time, from the previous four hours advance. The time change is not a daylight saving time measure, but a permanent change initiated by President Chavez, who is set to also change the nation's currency to the strong bolivar by January 1, 2008.

Brian Rush, 28, did not like the discipline of the seminary but he loved the perks of a priest. Rush, who quit the seminary after a month in 2006, dressed in black, wore a cross and a white strip of cardboard on his neck and went shopping at a local grocery store in Pittston.

A man disguised as a priest was arrested by police for checking out groceries, and then claiming that the bill was to be charged to the St. Rocco's Catholic Church, which actually had a tab at the supermarket. Police officials said that Brian Rush, who claimed that he intended to give help to the poor, scammed the supermarket Gerrity's out of $98 on Tuesday.

Policemen in the capital city of the Philippines are now donning a new headgear to complement their uniform just in time for the Christmas season - Santa Claus hats. "We are wearing this to show the people that during this Christmas season our hearts and minds are on serving the Filipino people," said Manila police spokesman Giovanni Valera.