Police on Sand Mountain, Nevada arrested a woman who went for a horseback ride through town at midnight and allegedly used the horse to ram a police car. Melissa Byrum York was charged with driving under the influence and drug offenses. The 40-year-old woman, who said she had crystal methamphetamine, a small amount of marijuana, pills and a small pipe, trotted the horse on DeKalb County road 1-94 in the town of Sylvania around midnight on Sunday.

Filipino coffee traders called on villagers in Mountain Province to stop capturing and eating civet cats (Paradoxurus phippinensis) because a decline in the cat population would cause a decline in the supply of one of the world's most expensive coffee varieties. Civet cats eat ripe coffee berries, and local coffee traders gather the beans from their droppings to produce the most expensive coffee varieties in the world. The civet cat, locally known as motit or alamid, is a nocturnal animal that roams the forests of northern Philippines and dwells on rocks where fruit-bearing trees grow nearby.

Bello Nock, named one of America's most famous clowns by Times magazine and employed by The Ringling Brothers and Barnum and Bailey Traveling Circus, has got his lost bitty bike back. The skilled gymnast had been "very upset" since Friday night when his foot-high, 6-inch-wide contraption was taken from a Manhattan street while Bello and two fellow circus members clowned around. "I can't tell you how happy I am to have it back," the big-haired Bello told the Associated Press. "I wonder how comfortable it would be as a pillow. I may have to sleep on the thing. "

A Montana couple had a "moving" wedding on Sunday at Big Sky resort, Lone Mountain, where the bridegroom skied and the bride snowboarded while a clergyman wore a camera helmet in the presence of about 30 guests on the slope to watch. Matt Dodd, a ski instructor, and his guests were on skis as he wore a black ski jacket and pants as his "wedding dress. " The bride, Ashley Hegseth, who is a snowboard instructor, wore a white ski suit plus a skirt, including a veil. All her guests were on snowboard.

A South Pacific jungle tribe that worships Britain's Prince Philip as a god is planning a tremendous celebration to mark his 86th birthday this summer. The people of Yaohnanen and surrounding villages believe the prince to be the son of an ancient spirit who inhabits a nearby mountain on the island of Tanna and have worshipped the royal for the past 50 years.