Britain's Prince William's conception is to be recreated by performance artists with a "live sex performance. "Actors wearing cardboard boxes emblazoned with the faces of William's parents - Prince Charles and the late Princess Diana - will get amorous in front of a live audience.

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.

Honesty is the best policy for one New York City taxi driver. Chowdhury Osman, a Bangladesh native, returned a bag carrying 31 diamond rings to the passenger who had mistakenly forgot it in his cab. Osman told the Daily News that he never even thought of keeping the gems. He said that he wouldn't take another person's property or money to get rich

Even staying at a pricey Hilton Hotel and sleeping on luxury linens doesn't guarantee freedom from being bitten by bed bugs. Soprano Alison Trainer slept at the Phoenix Hilton Suites between Nov. 20 and Nov. 26, and said she was bitten 150 times and traumatized by the bugs who shared her bed. Trainer has sued Hilton Hotels Corp. for $6 million claiming it was a "horrific" experience that resulted in a fear of sleeping in a bed, caused her to lose weight and affected her physical appearance.

Sarah Ferguson may be part of the royal family, but she still likes to have some bathroom fun on the side. Britain's Fergie recently shocked diners at a top London restaurant by posing as a bathroom attendant - literally.