CareerBuilder. com's annual survey of missed workdays finds that 43 percent of employees say they called in sick with bogus excuses at least once during the last year; up from last year's 35 percent. The survey also shows some hiring managers are catching on, with 23 percent saying they'd fired an employee for missing work without a legitimate reason.

he owners of a Japanese restaurant who claim their newly renovated Florida building is haunted are being sued by their landlord for refusing to move in. The $2. 6 million state lawsuit asks a judge to decide whether the building is haunted and, if it is, whether the ghosts would interfere with the restaurant's business. The suit also says an offer to hold an exorcism has been refused.

he owners of a Japanese restaurant who claim their newly renovated Florida building is haunted are being sued by their landlord for refusing to move in. The $2. 6 million state lawsuit asks a judge to decide whether the building is haunted and, if it is, whether the ghosts would interfere with the restaurant's business. The suit also says an offer to hold an exorcism has been refused.

With tourists from around the world basking in the sun on its southern beaches, Thailand is calling in a revered Chinese sea goddess to ward off the restive spirits of the thousands who died in last year's tsunami disaster. A statue of Godmother Ruby, known as Mazu in Chinese, will be brought to the Thai island and tourist resort of Phuket from the Chinese coastal province of Fujian next month for ghost-clearing rites, according to Suwalai Pinpradab of the Tourism Authority of Thailand.