Citing the importance of relationships in this time-constrained world, an Irish mortician has begun broadcasting funeral services on the Internet so that people don't have to miss out on the farewell service of a relative just because they are separated by distance. The service, thought to be first of its kind in the U. K. , allows mourners to log in to a funeral broadcast with a user ID and password supplied by the mortician's firm. S. Clarke and Son Funeral Directors have installed a network of cameras and microphones in the churches attached to their funeral homes. The service is offered as free and optional extra in the Clarkes' funeral package.

A 22-year-old man from Sheboygan, Wisconsin is not too happy with his friends who did warn him that his fly was unzipped. Police arrested the man for drug possession in a very awkward situation after they discovered a marijuana pipe and drugs stored in his underwear. The arrest was made in the Town of Wilson where the man, whose name has not yet been released, was found stuck in a car in the ditch. According to a media reports, the man's fly was unzipped that made officers suspicious about him.

Chinese scientists have manufactured a new device that is capable of controlling the flight of birds via microelectrodes implanted in their brains. The microelectrodes are used to command the bird to fly right or left, and up or down. According to state-run media in China, this is the first such successful experiment by the scientists at the Robot Engineering Technology Research Center at Shandong University of Science and Technology.

Authorities at Madrid International Airport, one of Europe's busiest air hubs, were trying their best to nab an elusive dog for the past eleven days, finally succeeding on Sunday by calling a team of animal rights activists. Snowy the terrier became lost at the airport on Jan. 31 after arriving on an Iberia cargo plane from Britain. His owners were traveling on a separate plane to vacation in Spain. According to Jaime Perez Guerra, a spokesman for Iberia airlines, the brown-and-white pooch spent 11 days in a sensitive outdoor area of the airport where planes fly over at very low altitude. That made it a tough job for the security people to capture him who were concerned about Snowy running onto a runway.

A British company will be opening a mile-high club later this year that will give couples willing to shell out hundreds of dollars the chance to fly 5,580 feet in the air on a private "love jet. " With the service, couples who have always wanted to be a part of the mile-high club can do so without the fear of facing the large fines (and embarrassment) they'd have to deal with if they attempted to join the club on a commercial flight. Couples, who are promised discretion, will have a choice of three kinds of trips: a 30-minute "Quickie," an hour-long flight, or a "VIP" flight that lasts 90 minutes. Prices range from about $500 to $1,500.