Mary Hurst wants to honor her mother's dying wish of being buried next to her husband, who died of cancer nearly four decades ago. The problem is, officials at the cemetery where Hurst's father is buried, now say they can't find his gravesite.

Rose Mary Cook received a shock when she opened a water bill for $74,000. The city's utility department claimed Cook used 10 million gallons of water last month, charging her $29,787 for water, $43,581 for sewer, plus $893 for municipal tax, according to AP.

Porn queen Mary Carey shows her support for the Republican party by attending Tuesday's President's Dinner, an annual fund raiser hosted by the National Republican Congressional Committee and the National Republican Senatorial Committee. Hours before the dinner, Carey meets with reporters, shows off her evening gown, and relates plans to run for lieutenant governor of California next year as an independent. Carey had an unsuccessful stint as candidate during California's last gubenatorial race.

Mary Kay Letourneau and her former sixth-grade student got married in a hush-hush ceremony. 43-year-old Letourneau was imprisoned in 1997 for raping her 22-yaer-old student Fualaau. But she was released last August.

The editors of Merriam-Webster dictionaries got more than 3,000 entries when they asked visitors to their Web site to submit their favorite words that aren't in the dictionary. Arthur Bicknell, a spokesman for the Springfield-based dictionary publisher, admited, "It was a lot of fun. We weren't expecting so many. They only had two weeks. "