A Portuguese man who has no family, left his fortune to 70 individuals he randomly selected from a public phone book. The man, identified as Luis da Camara wrote his will at the age of 29 and chose his "heir" by selecting names he randomly picked out from the Lisbon telephone directory.

Ralph, the popular whale shark at the Georgia Aquarium, has died. Ralph was one of only four whale sharks in the aquarium. His keepers say he was only a teenager and they are unsure about what caused his death. They say shortly before his death, Ralph had not been eating well and had been showing some unusual swimming patterns. He had been at the aquarium since 2005.

Mick Mountain was only 19 when he joined the police force in Britain in 1966. For his service, he was paid $29 a week to do the rounds as a member of the Territorial Support Group.

A house bought for less than one dollar located in the former slum area in North Benwell, Newcaste, Tyne and Wear in England, has been sold for over $280,000. Salik Uddin said his family took advantage of a housing project by the council of North Benwell and bought the house 1999 for less than a dollar.

A village school in Norfolk, East Anglia in eastern England is planning to build a new classroom made entirely from straw bales. The pupils at St. Andrew's school, have designed the environmentally-friendly room in a project on Celtic round houses. The school has 59 students from 2-years-old to 11. The school has been given permission to construct the straw classroom.