An unusually high concentration of jellyfish has caused a large amount of discomfort along Spain's Mediterranean coast this summer, according to officials. The Red Cross says lifeguards have treated almost 11,000 people for stings on beaches so far this season in the northeastern region of Catalonia alone; twice the number from the same period last year, when the jellyfish count had already begun to rise.

A Kasas woman files a lawsuit against a Lake Saint Louis Denny's restaurant, claiming workers left cleaning fluid on a toilet seat, causing burns to her buttocks. The complaint says Kathleen Williams of Leavenworth County had to be taken to the hospital after sitting on the toilet in February 2002. While she didn't see the chemical cleaner on the seat, she did feel it burn as soon as she sat down.

A recent ruling by several California grand juries has indicted 40 pilots for fraud. Federal officials reveal the pilots falsified reports that would have disclosed they were collecting disability payments for medical and psychological conditions - disqualifying them from operating an aircraft. Other pilots failed to report prior criminal convictions.

A man sentenced to over 1,300 years in prison after having confessed to a series of rapes, expressed regret to The Denver PostOn Wednesday, Brent J. Brents, 36, admitted to raping or beating 10 people in the Denver area, including two 11-year-old girls and their grandmother. The attacks, which include sexual assaults of seven women and two girls, occured between October 2004 through February of this year.

A study from the University of Michigan claims rich people die differently from the rest of the population. The study, appearing in the August issue of the Journal for Palliative Care, says wealthier people are less likely than poor ones to suffer pain at the end of their lives, and wealthier elders experienced a lower number of symptoms overall.