We arrived in the town of Sta. Ana in Cagayan Valley, the northernmost tip town in the Philippines at 3 a. m. in the morning. The first thing we noticed was the eerie sound of the place, or better yet, the lack of any sound of life. There were no lamp post and all we saw was darkness. The only light available was emanating from the vehicle we were using. We drove for another half an hour and still all we saw was darkness, we didn't see any houses or any other living soul. For someone who has lived in the city all his life, the environment in Sta. Ana was a strange one to me. I came from the capital where the city never sleeps and that has been the case even in some provinces I have visited, this is the only town I have been to where all I heard was the sound of silence even at that hour of the morning.

A British noise pollution group has urged for legal action against some stores that are forcing everyone to listen to the same Christmas music over and over. The UK Noise Association and labor unions called the repeated carols as "torture" to the ears and asked for a change. According to Paul Clarke, spokesman for the Union of Shop, Distributive and Allied Workers, Usdaw, "It's an issue that has been brought to our attention. "

While waiting in line at a temporary employment agency in Mt. Pleasant, Jerry Marks, 22, looked at a girl also standing in the line and got what he told the Morning Sun newspaper was "an eerie feeling. ""As I looked at her I just said, 'you know, you look just like my sister, who I have been looking for years,'" Marks said.

A Butler County employee was caught walking around county offices naked after business hours by security cameras. Investigators said they still do not know why the man was not wearing clothes. Scott Blauvelt, 35, could face a sentence of up to a month in jail and $250 fine if convicted.

Experience Works, an organization offering training and employment services for the elderly, has named a 104-year-old as America's oldest worker. Waldo McBurney of Quinter, Kansas, has been honored by the group while other elderly peers of his, have already spent decades in retirement. McBurney has no plans for retirement soon. He graduated from the then Kansas State Agricultural College, which is currently known as Kansas State University in 1927. He worked in agriculture for twenty-five years, before he started working as a beekeeper.