It's impossible to know which side drew first blood. For as long as Wimbledon has existed, it has had to contend with the pigeons, invaders hell bent on dive-bombing players, leaving droppings on tables, and even taking a stroll on Centre Court. On Monday, tournament officials escalated the conflict by calling in special forces to cull the offensive. Wimbledon's usual security measures to keep the pigeon offensive at bay were just not cutting it on Monday. It was time to move to more extreme contingencies.

A man posing as a Catholic priest was apprehended at Amsterdam's Schiphol Airport after a routine body check found the man to be carrying 7 lbs of cocaine under his robes. According to Dutch police, they got suspicious of the man whose identity had been withheld when they spotted him in line at a different gate after initially refusing to undergo a routine body check "for religious reasons. "

Britain's Duchess of Cornwall has been blamed for "cursing" a luxury cruise liner. Cunard's Ł300 million MS Queen Victoria - which was officially launched by Camilla in Southampton three weeks ago when she failed to successfully smash the champagne bottle on its side - has been struck by a potentially fatal stomach bug.

Twenty-nine cult members, including three children and an 18 month-old baby, are in grave danger and "any wrong move" by authorities could cost lives, Alexander Dvorkin of the Center of Religious Studies said Friday, adding, "their minds are being manipulated, they are under the strong influence of their leader. " "I've met the man, and he's definitely mentally sick, big time," regional administration spokesman Yevgeny Guseynov told CNN about Father Pyotr Kuznetsov, 43, the alleged cult leader.

A couple from Hell won $115,001 in lottery in the Fantasy 5 drawing held Wednesday, which is Halloween. John and Sue Wilson, who live in the unincorporated town 45 miles west of Detroit, received the windfall from the Michigan Lottery.