Britain's Queen Elizabeth was treated to a private piano recital by outgoing U. S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice Monday. Condoleezza, who is a concert level pianist, played a piece by Brahms, and was joined by Louise Miliband - the wife of U. K. Foreign Secretary David Miliband - and three members of the London Symphony Orchestra.

A New York City bus driver was stabbed to death by a passenger he had allowed to ride, despite the fact that the rider's MetroCard was invalid. However, the passenger began demanding a free transfer card as well, then became agitated and attacked the driver after the driver refused, reminding the passenger that he hadn't paid to begin with.

A Farmington Hills, MI man was killed while saving his pregnant wife and unborn child during a freak accident outside the library. Hong Kong native David Shu-Kin Kwok was run over by the couple's mini van after getting out to assist his pregnant wife who had fallen while trying to get into the vehicle. In his rush, Kwok forgot to put the parking brake on and the vehicle and both he and his wife, Erika Kwok, were struck by the vehicle.

'Black Friday' took a violent turn as over-zealous shoppers trampled a Walmart worker to death in Long Island, NY at 5am. The 34-year-old Queens man died after 'hundreds' of people broke down the doors and flooded the store.

An 8-year-old boy who confessed to shooting to death his father and a man renting a room from his father in Arizona earlier this month, had told authorities he kept a log recording the instances his father and stepmother hit him. According to a search affidavit from a St. Johns, Ariz. Police officer, the boy told Child Protective Services agents that 1,000 spankings was his threshold.

Two men shot and killed each other at a crowded Toys "R" Us store in Palm Desert, Calif. , adding to the nationwide violence that marred the busiest shopping day of the year, known as "Black Friday. "Alejandro Moreno, 39, of Desert Hot Springs, and Juan Meza, 28, of Cathedral City, were found dead at around 11:30 a. m. outside the store.

Philippines-based coffee chain Figaro on Monday announced it has partnered with i. Can Worldwide to introduce a mobile ordering and payment system that would allow mobile phone users to place orders and pay using local bank consortium Bancnet or the Bank of the Philippine Islands. In a statement, Figaro said the system works by encouraging mobile phone users to download and install i. Can applet into their phones and pre-register a mobile phone personal identification number or PIN.

Wildlife officials in Australia said Sunday that 150 whales stranded on a remote coastline in Tasmania island, died after being battered by strong waves on rocks while rescuers frustratingly tried to save them. Rescuers from the Tasmania state's Parks and Wildlife Service rushed to the remote site at Sandy Cape in an effort to save an estimated 12 whales spotted Saturday injured but still alive. However, the whales have died by Sunday.

One of Britain's Queen Elizabeth's footman is a secret part-time wrestler. David Hintz, 23, is a rising star of Capital British Wrestling, in which he fights under the name of David Deville, but has kept his second career hidden from Buckingham Palace chiefs. He said: "I sometimes find it difficult to juggle the roles because of the traveling required for the wrestling. "