A short-haired collie dog, named Holly, is the latest attraction in the Worcestershire park because of her unusual skill. She climbs trees. Officials at the Spetchley Park Gardens, near Worcester, England hope that Holly would boost the number of visitors in the seasonal walk.

Parents blasted a New York Public School policy banning cell phones citing safety issues. One parent said with terrorism a risk, she wants to have easy access to her child. She wrote, "She and I both feel a little less crazy knowing that if something major happens -- an accident, a crisis -- that she can be in touch with me. If your child went to school blocks from ground zero, you'd know what I'm talking about. "

In a crazy incident, a 22-year-old British soldier, who recently returned from Iraq, suffered internal injuries after he lit a small firecracker that he inserted into his buttocks. The man suffered burns and other unspecified internal injuries in the incident on Sunday in Sunderland, 275 miles north of London during the celebration of Bonfire Night, an event in Brittan.

Council officials in Worcester City, Worcestershire in England have warned visitors at the Cripplegate Park, of falling pears. The council also ordered two pear trees cordoned off in case their fruit falls on people. Signs have been screwed into each tree saying: "Warning, pears falling!"

A S. C. City Councilman says parents who can't properly care for their children should be sterilized. Larry Shirley made the comment after a hold-up at a Hollywood Video Store. "We pick up stray animals and spay them," Larry Shirley said in a story published Saturday by The Post and Courier of Charleston. "These mothers need to be spayed if they can't take care of theirs. Once they have a child and it's running the street, to let them continue to have children is totally unacceptable. "