As thousands of Irish citizens took to the streets in celebration of St. Patrick's Day, several leaders have raised concerns about the need for people to practice restraint when drinking during the celebration. Local authorities announced that they will be keeping a closer eye on people's drinking consumption for this year's celebration, in an effort to avoid incidents such as street fighting or drunk driving - events that have reportedly occurred in the past, right after the celebrations.

Saudi Arabia has arrested over 50 men for "flirting" with girls at a Mecca mall. Prosecutors are currently investigating charges that include wearing indecent clothing and playing loud music in order to attract female attention.

After being berated by her parents who find her 'language' too difficult to understand, a schoolgirl has come up with a guide to teenage slang so her parents could understand her better. After writing "The A-Z of Teen Talk," 13-year old Lucy van Amerongen, from Box in Gloucestershire, is now "stoked" (very happy) because sales of her "nang" (cool) book are "owdish" (excellent).

California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger signed a bill on Wednesday merging two separate state departments into a new agency to combat high-tech identity theft. The California Office of Information Security and Privacy Protection was created to assist consumers, law enforcement, businesses and advocacy groups in compliance with consumer privacy laws. It combines the Office of Privacy Protection in the Department of Consumer Affairs with the state Information Security Office.

Another lucky ticket was purchased by someone on Fond du Lac, Wisconsin's "Miracle Mile. " Last Tuesday, a winning ticket for a $1 million lottery jackpot was purchased at a store on a street where winning tickets claimed multimillion-dollar jackpots last year and in the 1990s. The ticket for the Holiday Millions Raffle was sold at a Ma and Pa's Grocery Express outlet in a stretch of downtown Fond du Lac where another Ma and Pa's store sold a $208. 6 million Powerball ticket in 2006 and several others sold multimillion-dollar tickets in the 1990s.