In the heart of central Florida a community of spiritualists with some of the world's finest psychic-mediums draws people from around the world to uncover the mysteries of their future. According to the century-old Cassadaga Hotel Web site, the town of the same name draws people who are on spiritual quests as well as those looking for self-discovery or old-fashioned romance. The town name means "stones beneath the water" and it is home to numerous psychic-mediums willing to aid people in going through the enchanted gateway to whatever it is they are looking for.

Colorado Springs artist Jason Baalman is trying out an array of unusual mediums that can produce a picture on a canvass - be it ketchup with French fries, or chocolate syrup with a spoon. But this 30-year-old artist has an eye for technology too, as he has also painted a replica of the Mona Lisa using Microsoft's Paint accessory software. Since posting a video of himself painting portraits of Ronald McDonald and Morgan Spurlock, the creator of the documentary "Super Size Me," using ketchup and French fries on social networking website You Tube, Baalman - previously a struggling artist - has bagged a huge backlog of portrait orders.

Denmark's Prince Christian accidentally punched his mother Princess Mary in the eye when he excitedly waved to royal fans from the palace balcony. The princess, her 18 month-old son and her husband Crown Prince Frederik joined Queen Margrethe to celebrate her 67th birthday at Copenhagen's Amalienborg Palace on Monday. Just after noon, the royal family walked out onto the balcony to wave to thousands of well-wishers waiting to catch a glimpse of the popular monarch.

In an attempt to maintain their social behavior, the officials at the Antwerp Zoo in Belgium have ordered visitors not to make eye contact with the apes. They have also placed signs at various places in the zoo that advise visitors that if one of the apes makes eye contact then they should look away. The Daily Telegraph reported Monday that zoo officials feel the apes lose their sociability if they see into eyes of visitors. A spokesman for the Antwerp Zoo told the newspaper, "We are saying to visitors that, if our apes hold eye contact with them, then they should look away for a bit or take a step back. "

A few months after enduring an E. coli outbreak, about a dozen rats were seen having a good time Friday in a locked KFC/Taco Bell restaurant in New York City. The rat infestation was brought to public eye after a TV crew captured shots of rats through a window of the Greenwich Village building. Video footage of the rats was seen around the world, broadcast on TV stations and the Internet.