A Japanese soft drink bottled and made to look like beer, may soon be available throughout Europe, but watchdogs of underage drinking say they will fight any effort to ship it to the United States, reports The New York Times. Kidsbeer is lager-colored and foams like beer, but tastes like cola. It comes in a brown bottle and is advertised with the slogan "Even kids cannot stand life unless they have a drink,"

Police in Northern Ohio rescue eight kids whose parents told authorities they kept them locked in cages for their own protection. Lt. Randy Sommers of the Huron County Sheriff's Office says the children, ranging from age 1 to 14, were found locked in cages at their home in Wakeman, about 40 miles southwest of Cleveland.

News reports indicate a Malaysian man, about to jump to his death from a highway overpass, changes his mind after being told his pet dog is dying. The 40-year-old man recently lost his job and threatened to jump from a 33-foot bridge in Kuala Lumpur Sunday. Rescue workers asked the man to think of his wife and kids, but to no avail.

New research reveals the ugly side of violence in video games. The study says kids who play video games for hours eventually become aggressive and develop a tendency to clash with their elders. Those kids' performance in school is also adversely affected.

One month after publicly apologizing to fiancee Sienna Miller for having his pants down, he's done it again. British Actor Jude Law has been caught in the buff by paparazzi photographers while he was changing his swimsuit near his mother's home in France.