On Wednesday a chef pleaded guilty to second-degree assault for stabbing a waiter who criticized him for using a rotten tomato in his cooking. The victim, 18-year-old Martin Vu, threatened the chef, Mohammed Uddin, 43, he was going to tell the manager Uddin was cooking with a rotten tomato because "Mohammed didn't care what I told him. " Vu told police he wanted to make sure the customers were getting fresh food.

A cat in trouble used its wit and paw to call for help. Instead of waving a white flag, a distressed cat stuck in a wall at a house under construction caught the attention of a prospective buyer by meowing and waving his paw out a small hole.

A New York State Senator, Queens Democrat Ada Smith, is accused of harassing a staffer in her Albany office after allegedly throwing coffee at the worker and pulling her hair. This is not the first time Smith faces allegations by an employee. In 1996, she allegedly threatened a staffer with a knife, and last year she was accused by a former chief-of-staff of firing him because he is homosexual. Smith denies both charges.

The famous Swiss Army Knife has added yet another tool to its roster of multi-use capabilities -- an MP3 player. It's an all-in-one, flash memory-based digital audio player and USB storage device built into a full-metal Swiss Army Knife. The s. beat detachable player supports all major file formats and includes a time-shifting FM tuner. It features eight hours of playback time.

A California man coughed up a nail 35 years after it embedded in his body. Guy "Bud" Hart, 84, was mowing the lawn back in Minnesota in 1970 when he felt a pain in his throat, reports KXTV. It was accompanied by a trickle of blood.