A cat survived a two-hour flight to Toronto and a one-hour car ride inside its owner's suitcase, even though security at St. John Airport had scanned the bag before boarding. The cat, named Ginger, had apparently slipped into owner Mary Martell's suitcase while she was packing and wasn't noticed until Martell got to her Niagara-on-the-Lake hotel.

fficials in China are getting creative in an effort to try to attract more tourists to the vast Asian nation. In an effort to ramp up their tourism industry, Chinese officials announce they are seeking capital to build the world's first "women's only" town in the 2. 3-square-km Longshuihu village in the Shuangqiao district of Chongqing. The so-called women's only town is based on the concept that women come first-and men must obey a women's order or face punishment for disobedience.

The Sedona Kitty Express, a cab that traveled a 2,500-mile ride from New York to northern Arizona, reached its destination on Monday. The couple, Bob and Betty Matas, who wanted to make the long journey comfortable for their two cats Pretty Face and Cleopatra, decided to hire cab driver Douglas Guldeniz's Ford SUV for a $3,000 per day flat rate plus gas, meals and lodging. The couple, who rode nearly 10 hours a day, said they were "flabbergasted" by the kind of attention they received in every state they crossed. Everyone recognized the couple and in Sedona, Arizona the Mayor himself welcomed the couple at a noontime ceremony Monday, presenting them with a bag of Sedona souvenirs.

A survey by a hotel chain has found that many men admit they like sleeping with teddy bears, with more saying they would prefer to do the same with actress Angelina Jolie. The surprising results came in when Travelodge hotel chain surveyed 2,000 men and found more men than women used the stuffed animals as sleep aids. However Angelina Jolie was the hot favorite among male respondents' wish-list of cuddling partners.

The hotel guests at the Edgewater Hotel and Waterpark in Minnesota had to run in their swimming trunks on Thursday after a fake volcano at the center of a swimming pool "erupted" giving out smoke. The 20-foot-tall plastic volcano started emitting black smoke and flames at about 6:40 p. m. because of a malfunctioning of the internal speaker. The flames were put out by firefighters and an automatic sprinkler head mounted above the volcano. However, the entire volcano melted during the "eruption. "