The first of some 29,000 rubber ducks that have been circling the world's oceans for 15 years are expected to wash up on a beach in England sometime soon. The toys fell overboard from a cargo ship bound for Seattle from China in 1992, according to the BBC.

A cat accidentally packed in a container with household goods survived a three week trip crossing the Pacific Ocean without food and water. Pamela Escamilla, who owned the cat, had given up hope when her cat could not be found for three weeks. However, Escamilla was surprised when she learned that Spice survived the trip in a shipping container with no food or water.

Park rangers at the Hawaii Volcanoes National Park are discouraging people from leaving religious offerings at the top of Mount Kilauea. They say food is often left and that it attracts rats and cockroaches. An estimated 45 pounds of offerings are left every week.

A 16-year-old high school student was ejected from a Continental Airlines flight because she was coughing. Rachel Collier's mother, who was eagerly awaiting her daughter's return in Hawaii, was infuriated when she got a call from one of the trip supervisors telling her that Rachel was not allowed to travel from New York because she was coughing. Stephanie Collier, Rachel's mom thought that it was some kind of joke as April Fools Day is round the corner, but was shocked to discover the truth. Rachel, who was returning home to Honolulu after a class trip to Washington, D. C. , and New York boarded the nonstop flight to Hawaii with 40 classmates and two teachers.

Picky travelers keen on comfort have rated a former flop house as one of the five best hotels in America for 2007. The 28-room Mansion on Delaware Avenue earned the Zagat guide's highest ranking for service and tied for the second-highest ranking for room quality in a hotel with under 100 rooms. The Mansion was the only urban hotel in the U. S. to earn high rankings from travelers responding to Zagat's survey.