Experience Works, an organization offering training and employment services for the elderly, has named a 104-year-old as America's oldest worker. Waldo McBurney of Quinter, Kansas, has been honored by the group while other elderly peers of his, have already spent decades in retirement. McBurney has no plans for retirement soon. He graduated from the then Kansas State Agricultural College, which is currently known as Kansas State University in 1927. He worked in agriculture for twenty-five years, before he started working as a beekeeper.

An estimated 2,000 magicians from around the globe, from China to the Virgin Islands are taking part in this week's World Championship in Magic in Stockholm, Sweden. A report by the AP says tables floating shoulder-high, cards sailing through the air, rabbits pulled out of habits, a table levitating were just a few of the tricks the competitors were presenting.

China will now be tracking its vegetables. In an attempt to ensure food safety during the 2008 Olympics, Beijing is to give every cabbage, carrot and pea pod its own identity number and file.

According to a Chinese newspaper, the man who made 2 million yuan ($250,400) by defrauding dozens of farmers has been jailed for 12 years. The conman convinced the farmers to grow trees that he said would be used in the 2008 Olympics. Liu Lutang duped more than 50 farmers into contracts to buy saplings of a maple tree for 20 yuan ($2. 50) each, promising them he would buy them back at a higher price after six months, the Beijing News said.

About 10,000 Beijing police will be sent back to driving school in preparation of the Olympics, Beijing Times reported on Monday. A high police official tells the daily, "In accordance with Olympic security needs, some police cars will be customized - especially those patrolling areas around Olympic venues. "