Twelve-year-old Bonny Jain garnered the top prize in 2006 the National Geographic Bee, bagging for himself a cool $25,000. The BBC reports that the eighth-grader from Moline, Illinois, won a $25,000 college scholarship by correctly naming the mountains that extend across much of Wales, from the Irish Sea to the Bristol Channel.

New York City may be changing its image. It may seem a little hard to believe, but New Yorkers are being honored for their good manners. The group "Americans for More Civility" is honoring New York City residents for their 'forbearance and aplomb' during the transit strike that hit at the height of the holiday shopping season. In other words, people didn't lose their cool or poise when the buses and subways stopped running.