An overturned truck spilled 165,000 eggs onto a Washington highway. Witnesses say the mess looked like a giant omelet. A tractor-trailer carrying the eggs crashed into a guard rail and spilled its load. Officials closed an exit ramp for several hours while the mess was cleaned up.

A Chinese man has aroused the suspicion of his neighbors and authorities after claiming he can cook eggs on the floor of his home. Liu Yawen said he first learned of the unusual "capability" of his floor while he was cleaning it with a wet cloth when it suddenly gave off steam.

Organizers of the 12 Association of Southeast Asian Nations an East Asian Summits are lavishing nuns in Cebu City, Philippines with eggs and other goodies to ask them to pray to heaven for good weather this week. The Philippines abruptly canceled the twin summits last month and blamed the approaching typhoon, which eventually missed the venue, for the postponement. Now local officials do not want a repeat of the cancellation and are asking nuns to pray for divine intervention for a good weather.

An eighth grade boy who was standing next to another teenager who threw an egg at a passing car was chased and then gunned down by someone in a sport utility vehicle, police say. Danny Crawford, 14, died from a single gunshot wound to the upper body, according to Franklin County Coroner Brad Lewis.