A replica Viking ship made of 15 million ice-cream sticks is to be launched in Amsterdam on Tuesday. The Viking longship, which is 15 meters (about 49 feet) long and took Robert McDonald and two volunteers two years to build.

It was Homer Simpson's dream come true when a tractor trailer, carrying 2000 cases of beer, overturned in Northern Toronto's highway 401, covering the road in a sea of frosty brew. The accident occurred in the early morning hours when a small car collided with the truck. Rescuers worked to free a woman trapped in the small vehicle.

An Arizona police department seeks capuchin monkey for SWAT team operations. A Special Weapons and Tactics veteran from Mesa, Arizona, a suburb of Phoenix, has researched the possibility of landing a $100,000 federal grant to fund a pilot program to train one monkey. Sean Truelove, the man behind the monkey proposal, told a local newspaper that the idea for the SWAT monkey came to him in a dream 18 months ago. Paramilitary SWAT teams are used by major police departments in the U. S. in hostage situations and others involving heavily armed criminals. According to Truelove, the monkey could be trained to unlock doors and search buildings for police on command. The capuchin monkey is considered one of the smartest primates, known by many for its decades-long association with organ grinders. The monkeys weigh three to eight pounds and live for 15 to 20 years. Capuchin monkeys, native to southern central America, have been used to help disabled people, and are able to perform such tasks as retrieving items, serving food and opening and closing doors. The Mesa, Arizona police department issued a statement saying: "We have always encouraged our department members to seek creative and innovative ways to improve public safety in our community. " But the department also said the idea of training a capuchin SWAT monkey had not been cleared by the department's executive ranks.