Officers on patrol at a central Philippines police station have abandoned automobiles to patrol communities on bicycles to save gasoline and avoid rising fuel prices. While on duty, police will ride custom-built bicycles and outfitted with protective gear. Mayor Ramon Talaga Jr. , of Lucena City in central Philippines said the 10 police officers will initially be involved. They will be given bicycles to ride while patrolling the community to watch for crimes.

Villagers at a southern Philippine town on Thursday reported seeing two mysterious flying creatures roaming their community, barely days after the dismembered remains of three goats were discovered there. Residents in Barangay (village) Manongol in Kidapawan City have been agitated since Sunday with the discovery of three dead goats with their hearts, lungs and other internal organs eaten.

Villagers at a southern Philippine community reported that a ghoul has killed their livestock. Panicked local residents at Barangay (village) Lower Manongol in Kidapawan City, southern Philippines say that a ghoul, which takes a human form by day but turns into a blood-sucking and flesh-eating monster as darkness falls, was responsible for the killing of three goats who were seen without its inner organs, including hearts and livers.

A Chinese museum bought a pig for $438 after the animal was discovered in the rubble of a collapsed pig farm a full 36 days after a devastating earthquake struck the region. According to the Shanghai Daily newspaper, a local museum bought the pig and named it Mr. Strongwill. The pig was raised outside the city of Chengdu. He will live out the rest of his days at the Jianchuan Museum.

Italian architect David Fisher said Tuesday he plans to build a third rotating tower in New York. The first two under construction would soon rise in Dubai and Moscow. Fisher disclosed he was inspired to build one while atop a friend's apartment in Manhattan as he imagined a structure which would permit New Yorkers and their visitors a view of the East River and the Hudson River.