Florida may become the tenth state to make confederate flag specialty license plates. But some say the flag represents hate and should not be accepted. The Sons of Confederate Veterans (SVC) said the flag represents their heritage but they must show that 30,000 other Floridians support the new plate before the state legislature will look at the option.

Scientists in Australia have asked farmers to contact them if they have any ugly sheep in their flocks. On Tuesday, the South Australian Research and Development Institute (SARDI) said it is looking for "Australia's ugliest merino lambs" so they can study their genetic makeup. Farmers usually send sheep with uneven wool, strange fibers, clumps of wool that fall out, bare patches, no wool, or highly wrinkled skin to the slaughterhouse. But the project's leader, Simon Bawden, says studying unattractive sheep can help improve Australia's $2. 8 billion merino wool industry.

Police in Georgia arrest a man for walking nude along a highway while waving an American flag. Gerald Lynn Kelley, 52, was charged with public lewdness for his naked stroll on U. S. 11, just outside Hammondville. Dekalb County deputy Mike James says Kelley was allegedly drunk, and wearing only a cowboy hat and boots.

Shots were fired after an argument heated up during a flag football game in Anchorage, Alaska. As the shots were being fired, other players and spectators began scrambling for the exits, even climbing a chain link fence to get out of the open-air Anchorage Football Stadium.

Policemen in England have cautioned patriotic motorists who attach fluttering English flags on their cars, saying they frighten horses in Hampshire, a rural area in the country. With barely a week ahead of next month's World Cup kick off; football crazy fans in England can't wait to see the tournament begin. Patriotic supporters attach their national flag to their cars as they drive around the country.