A man who placed lewd stickers featuring his ex-girlfriend's photo, name, address and phone number accompanied by offensive sexual remarks at several places all around Kasson last year has been sentenced to four months in prison. Thomas Carl Tiedeman, 62, was sentenced March 21 in Dodge District Court three months after he pleaded guilty to a felony harassment charge. According to criminal complaint filed against him, Tiedeman placed stickers with a photo of a woman along with the phrase "call me now for the best" on several cars and buildings in Kasson.

The Berlin Zoo's polar bear cub, Knut, has risen to fame ever since his picture appeared on Vanity Fair cover with Leonardo DiCaprio. The cub, which has his own line of souvenirs now, has nearly 15,000 people come to the zoo every day. The 4-month-old polar bear has stuffed toys selling in his name at the rate of 800 a day. Not only this, the amazingly adorable cub also has T-shirts, key chains, coffee mugs and other kitsch to his name in the market.

Thailand's government on Wednesday blocked the popular Web site YouTube because of a short film mocking the country's king. The 44-second clip shows pictures of feet over a picture of King Bhumibol Adulyadej. Feet are considered dirty and offensive in Thailand. The Thai national anthem is played as the film's soundtrack.

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.

Parents of students at a New Hampshire high school are upset over the latest edition of the high school's newspaper. The "sex" edition of the Winnacunnet High School's Winnachronicle featured a picture of two women kissing under the headline, "Why men love women who love women. " The paper also featured a quiz question about anal sex and an interview with a custodian who said he found a sex toy in the girls' shower.