Thailand on Friday holds the tenth annual Miss Tiffany Universe pageant. The beauty contest which brings on stage the most beautiful transvestites from all over the nation, is one of the country's most watched event with millions of viewers. Started as a transsexual cabaret in Pattaya, a resort town about 68 miles southeast of Bangkok, the show has evolved into a full fledged national competition, whose winner like any traditional beauty contest is beset with loads of prizes and contracts with advertising firms.

The fact that the dog is the most faithful animal ever was proved yet again when a pet dog in southern Japan helped rescuers find her 88-year-old owner, who went missing the day before. According to police reports, the pilot of a police helicopter looking for the missing man spotted his 11-year-old female dog, named Maru, in an orange field about a half mile away. This led police to believe that the old man too would be at the same place, thus leading to his rescue.

It was a mistake that could very well have taken the life of a 1-year-old Texas girl when her grandmother accidently gave her orange juice mixed with gin. Unable to find juice in the refrigerator Monday morning while preparing breakfast for the girl, her grandmother poured some from an individually sized bottle of orange juice. However, when the baby started acting a bit different, she called her 30-year-old son, who told her that the juice was mixed with alcohol.

Sirens, rubber traffic cones and even a lullaby - nothing could move an eight-foot alligator off the San Antonio's busy Loop 410 that sits on city's South Side. The reptile that apparently came from Mitchell Lake, just south of Loop 410, wandered onto the road Sunday morning causing a major gridlock on the highway for almost an hour. Officer Albert Silva, who was the first to arrive at the scene of the traffic backup, said, "I don't remember any of this in the academy. As far as I know, there's no procedure on this other than: 'Don't get bit. '"

A 78-year-old man from Fountain Valley, California reportedly stabbed and injured his 68-year-old wife with an ax after the couple had an argument a day before. Police have charged Abdel Herbawi with attempted murder after he allegedly attacked his wife with an ax as she prayed at their house on Monday. If convicted, Herbawi, who is being held at Orange County Jail on $1 million bail, could face life in prison. The charges on him include torture, domestic battery and aggravated assault.