A kayaker on Monday repelled the attack of an 8-foot great white shark along the coast of one of Australia's popular beaches using her paddle and escaped to safety with only a minor bite wound in the wrist. Linda Whitehurst, 52, was paddling her kayak near the eastern coast of Byron Bay when the shark lunged at her and knocked her off her craft. The shark reportedly bit a portion of the kayak.

Six friends broke a record after catching a 844-pound shark during a fishing tournament off the Gulf of Mexico on Saturday. Adlee Bruner, 47, and his five other friends took more than an hour to pull the 11-foot mako shark onto the boat from the Gulf of Mexico.

A Sri Lankan resort made it to the list of the world's most expensive dessert ever to grace one's palate. The dessert has a fruit infused confection with chocolate sculpture and a large gemstone which is worth $14,500. According to The Fortress Resort public relations manager Shalini Perera, they named their most expensive and mouth-watering dessert "The Fortress Stilt Fisherman Indulgence," to give their visitors an unforgettable experience when they visit their resort.

Connecticut's youngest town clerk ever elected in office was arrested after being charged with stealing $10,000 in town funds. Elected the town clerk for Chaplin when she was 18-years old, Jody L. Pearl, now 26, was charged by police with first-degree larceny. She surrendered when she was notified by the state troopers.

A Filipino fisherman who was lost at sea for 10 days, lived alone in an uninhabited island for three days, lived with inhabitants of another island for a month before being brought to Koror in Palau, was finally repatriated to the Philippines after a two month absence. The Philippine News Agency reported that Jonathan Tawameo, from the southern city of General Santos, went to fish alone on May 17. He left aboard a smaller boat, and when he went back to join a fishing fleet, it had already left.