A visitor taking a stroll at a British museum tripped on his shoelace, tumbled down a stairway and fell onto a display shattering several centuries old Chinese vases. The three Qing dynasty vases, that date from the late 17th or early 18th century, were on loan from the Fitzwilliam Museum in the university city of Cambridge in 1948 and were placed beside the staircase for 40 years.

Zagreb, Croatia (AHN) A local man offered to sell his cornea and a kidney Thursday to pay off a loan debt.

Most American households toss out unwanted solicitations from credit card companies, home equity E-Z: checks, offers for loan consolidation and even catalogs and magazines with our names and addresses printed on them. "It is easy to just throw all that stuff in the trash, but we are doing a great deal of damage. To our planet and potentially to our pocket books," says Anthony Castellano, president of ShredJunkMail. com.

The U. S. Small Business Administration is warning Americans applying for disaster assistance in the aftermath of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita to be on the watch for scam artists posing as federal officials offering help, while trying to take advantage of those in the midst of rebuilding their lives. SBA Administrator Hector V. Barreto says, "The SBA will not tolerate the defrauding of those who have already lost so much in the aftermath of these devastating storms. Those who are found taking advantage of the disadvantaged will be prosecuted to the fullest extent that the law provides. "

English actor Daniel Craig is all set to become the next James Bond in the film "Casino Royale," reports The Associated Press, The film is expected to hit theaters in November 2006. Craig replaces Pierce Brosnan, who has starred in the last four Bond films. 37-year-old Craig says that he has discovered on Monday that he is all set to become a part of Bond movie.