fficials in China are getting creative in an effort to try to attract more tourists to the vast Asian nation. In an effort to ramp up their tourism industry, Chinese officials announce they are seeking capital to build the world's first "women's only" town in the 2. 3-square-km Longshuihu village in the Shuangqiao district of Chongqing. The so-called women's only town is based on the concept that women come first-and men must obey a women's order or face punishment for disobedience.

In an attempt to give her life a new start, a 45-year-old woman from Minnesota has decided to sell nearly all of her belongings in one huge auction on eBay. Lisa Perry, who has worked as a lawyer in Montana, a communications professor in Mankato, Minnesota, and a bookseller in North Carolina has reportedly put more than 300 items - including snowshoes, a futon, a bed, a Village People album and seashells on the auction that will end Thursday.

Apparently not everyone appreciates the surprise of seeing their homes fully refurbished and redecorated with someone else's creative eye rather than their own. A German man was distraught to come home to his apartment after a weekend getaway to find his fridge replaced, walls repainted, windows cleaned, and new furniture installed.

Britain's Queen Elizabeth has selected a little-known jeweler to become the next Crown Jeweler. Harry Collins is expected to take over the coveted post after the current Crown Jeweler David Thomas, who is employed by luxury jewelry company Garrard, retires later this year.

A Pittsburgh zoo's 2-year-old polar bear is recovering Monday after root canal surgery. Last month, zookeepers at the Pittsburgh Zoo & PPG Aquarium examined the bear after they noticed that he seemed lethargic. They discovered that Koda's quadrant mandibular canine - a big, fang-like tooth on the lower right side of his jaw - was infected. Dr. Tom Klein, a veterinary dentist at Ohio State University who operated on Koda, said the infection in the tooth could have spread to the jaw if it wasn't dealt with.