"Some people may say it's goofy. I don't think it is," says, Konieczka, who paints his animals every bear and deer season to keep them safe.

Tasha Henderson was so fed up her daughter's poor grades, chronic lateness to class and disrespect toward teachers that she decided to teach the girl a lesson. She made 14-year-old Coretha stand at a busy Oklahoma City intersection Nov. 4 with a cardboard sign that read: "I don't do my homework and I act up in school, so my parents are preparing me for my future. Will work for food. "

Despite a booming economy and enticing future for the country, a recent poll shows that most Chinese adults are unsatisfied with their sex lives. Only 22 percent polled claim to be happy with it. According to the 2005 Global Sex Survey results, the research claims that Greece is officially the most amorous country with the Greeks having sex 138 times a year well above the global average of 103.

Home economics classes of the old days are now outdated, according to education officials. Many schools are changing their program titles to terms such as "human sciences. " Courses are now geared toward "life skills," such as tips for budgeting, and basic knowledge of supply and demand.

A new British survey indicates, Big Macs are plentiful where the increasingly obese poor live. Researchers discovered that for England and Scotland there is a strong correlation between neighborhood deprivation and the presence of Mickey D's restaurants, but obesity is not connected to the fast food chain or any others.