50 contestants from 16 nations from around the world are competing for the title of 2005 World Memory Champion this weekend. The battle is being held at Oxford University's Examination School in the UK, where a winner is set to be announced by Monday.

New Yorkers who are familiar with the name Natalia McLennan are learning the news Sunday that the city's No. 1 Escort, has been arrested. New York Magazine recently labeled McLennan as the "Number One Escort In New York City", prompting McLennan to take to the air-waves as well as numerous newspapers and magazines giving details of her shady career as an escort for the wealthy including lawyers, politicians, and professional sports players, leaving some on-edge that a list will emerge of names ala Heidi Fleiss.

The comedian best known for smacking watermelons, is himself getting smacked with a lawsuit; filed by a fan who claims he was severely injured during Gallagher's standup act. In the lawsuit, Edwin May III says Gallagher became agitated during his May 27th set at the Riverside Hotel-Casino in Laughlin, NV, and struck him on the side of the head.

he Associated Press reveals anti-drug advocates are not amused over a marijuana-flavored candy being sold nationwide. Lollipops with names like Purple Haze, Acapulco Gold, and Rasta are currently available in convenience stores and smoke shops nationwide. They're flavored with hemp oil from the marijuana plant.

In late May, Jason Martin stumbled across a misplaced cell phone at the back of the restaurant he worked at. Upon scanning the phone book, he was surprised to see a list of names including, Bill Clinton, Jimmy Carter, George Clooney, Harrison Ford, and Bill Gates. Martin was a bus boy at Brisa Atlantica, a Cuban jazz club/restaurant in Delray Beach. That night, singer Jimmy Buffett had visited the restaurant and lost his cell phone on the way out of the restaurant's back door.