Visitors will discover the most macabre item at a new exhibit titled, "The Ted Williams Memorial Display with Death Mask," as part of the Ben Affleck 2004 World Series Collection, hosted by the Chelsea district's First Street Gallery. The gallery debuts this season with the unveiling of the 'death mask' of baseball great Ted Williams' clinically decapitated frozen head. The death mask, likely the most unique collectible of the sports hero ever created, depicts Williams as he exists now. . . in a "cryonic sleep. "

A letter from the superintendent at Ontario Christian School claims 14-year-old Shay Clark student was expelled because her parents are lesbians. Superintendent Leonard Stob wrote to Tina Clark, the girl's biological mother, "Your family does not meet the policies of admission. "According to Stob's letter, school policy requires at least one parent may not engage in practices "immoral or inconsistent with a positive Christian life style, such as cohabitating without marriage or in a homosexual relationship. "

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,"

A new study finds female greater horseshoe bats share mates with their mothers and grandmothers, but somehow avoid incest. Study leader Stephen Rossiter of the Queen Mary, University of London, says the females will not mate with their fathers, but will mate with their mother's partner, only when the mother has switched partners. Rossiter suggests this strange behavior evolved to tighten relationships within the colony.

Hector Duarte Jr. - All Headline News Staff ReporterStudy leader Stephen Rossiter of the Queen Mary, University of London, says the females will not mate with their fathers, but will mate with their mother's partner, only when the mother has switched partners.