Hot Swiss firemen danced and rapped to hip-hop beats in a music video, promoting awareness of the country's new hotline and directory assistance numbers. Firefighters from four local Swiss fire teams - some wearing hot pants - star in the "118 Projec't" video. The video became an instant hit on YouTube and has since been remixed and covered by other budding artists. The Swiss fire department's hotline, 118, has remained unchanged even after the country's directory assistance numbers were converted into a series of four-digit numbers, all starting with 18. Because of the changes, the Swiss fire department began receiving an average of 20 calls a day from people seeking directory assistance.

A San Jose, California resident ended long-time Japanese dominance in the annual Fourth of July Hot Dog eating competition Wednesday. Joey Chestnut defeated six-time winner Takeru Kobayashi in a record-setting time by hogging 66 hot dogs in 12 minutes.

World hot dog eating champion, Takeru Kobayashi, was diagnosed with jaw arthritis during his training for the July 4 Nathan's Famous hot dog eating event in New York. On his blog entitled "Occupational Hazard" he said he can only open his mouth the size of a fingertip. He suffered the injury only a week into training.

The relatives of a 64-year-old woman who died last week were concerned after officials at the Cook County morgue told them that her body was missing on Monday. However, on Tuesday Rosalie Schultz's cousin got a call from the medical examiner's office informing her that the body was apparently overlooked and has been found. Rosalie Schultz was found dead at her home last week and an autopsy revealed that she died from heat stress, as well as a heart condition.