"Better convert it into fertilizer than let the consuming public suffer," stressed the National Meat Inspection Commission (NMIC) as it ordered Wednesday the burning of 10 tons (10,000 kilos) of rotten ham. The meat seized by police authorities during a sting operation at Pasay City, south of the capital Manila. The 10 tons of processed ham were contained in 20-foot long van and were being unloaded in front of the house of the consignee known as Susan Co. The foul odor coming from the van led to the discovery of the seized pork, which the NMIC declared as unfit for human consumption.

A man who smuggled iguanas into the country in a prosthetic leg has been indicted. Police say Jereme James, 33, stole the iguanas from a nature preserve in Fiji. James is facing a single count of smuggling. It comes with a maximum penalty of five years in prison. He had constructed a special compartment in his artificial leg to hold the iguanas.

A 53-year-year old visually blind golfer from Mahoning Township, Pa. has become the first totally blind female to record a hole-in-one. Sheila Drummond, who lost her eyesight 26 years ago due to diabetes, achieved the remarkable turning point in her career on Sunday, recording an ace on the 144-yard, par-3 fourth hole at Mahoning Valley Country Club.

A new hazard was inadvertently added at the Centennial Golf Course in Oregon. A 1. 5-acre fire burned between the sixth and seventh holes while golfers around it tried to drive the green and sink putts. "I was really playing well until this happened," joked Jim Pawlak of Berkeley, Calif. His golfing buddy, Steve Scholl, chimed in, "I was under par when that happened. "

A gas station clerk was smashed with a can of energy drink early Monday as two men stole a box of condoms from the mini-mart and drove off. Two men entered the mini-mart at U. S. Gasoline, near Fremont and Grimmer boulevards, at about 3:35 a. m. in a dark green Toyota Camry. One of the men went to the drink cooler, while the other went to the counter and asked to purchase a box of condoms.