Paris Hilton has released a new video in response to Sen. John McCain's (R-AZ) controversial TV ad mocking her celebrity status. Lounging in a chair in a swimsuit, the hotel-heiress says in the video, "Hey America, I'm Paris Hilton and I'm a celebrity too. Only I'm not from the olden days and I'm not promising change like that other guy. I'm just hot. "

A two-foot saltwater crocodile wandered in the front door of an Outback watering hole and got an invite from drinkers at the pub. The young croc seemed harmless to the drinkers, so they invited the animal inside at the Noonamah Tavern on Sunday where they taped its mouth and took pictures of them holding it, before placing it a box.

A 12-year-old girl took her dad to court after he grounded her for disobeying his orders to stay off the Internet. And she won. The father banned his daughter from going on a school trip after she used a friend's computer to chat on websites he had blocked at home, and then posted pictures of herself online that her dad considered inappropriate.

A man chronicled his life via Polaroid photos, taking a shot every day for 18 years. Jamie Livingston, a photographer, began taking pictures with a Polaroid camera in 1978 at Bard College. He noticed he'd taken a photo a day, and had the idea to continue the series by taking one image a day. He kept the photos organized by date and categorized them in Polaroid boxes kept in suitcases according to reports.

A couple visiting from Spain got the shcok of their lives after a shopping mall security guard banned them from the premesis and labeled them terrorists; simply for taking pictures with their family. According to Kim and Trevor Sparshott, a security guard at the Fareham Shopping Centre asked them to leave when they were spotted taking photographs of their grandchildren. The cameras were supposedly bannned "because of the risk of a terrorist attack. " the guard then "barred the couple from the center for life. " The Sparshotts, who now reside in Malaga, Spain, said they were only visiting their family in Gosport, Hants.