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.

A 46-year-old man from Albany, New York has been charged of lewd and lascivious conduct after he was seen riding nude in a ski lift at Stratton Mountain Resort. William N. Barrett III however has pleaded not guilty to all the charges in Vermont District Court saying he had taken off his jacket and shirt because of the nice weather.