While British sailors were being held by Iran and the world pondered if London would send in Special Forces to recover them, the Irish Army launched a rescue of their own. The Army helped six government ministers escape a faulty elevator in the Irish Parliament building which held them hostage for about 30 minutes.

Britain's Prince Charles has revealed his favorite gardening outfit is a pair of black wellies and an old embroidered coat resembling a dressing gown. Charles posed in his comfortable get-up ahead of an interview with BBC Radio 4's 'Gardeners' Question Time', marking the show's 60th anniversary. The prince often dons his camel-colored wool coat - believed to have been a gift from Pakistan - for time pottering in the garden.

A well-intended truck driver was prevented, by town officials, from throwing over $100,000 out of the window "because the building was air-conditioned. " Walter Maier from St. Sebastian, won a contest sponsored by radio station RPR1 in Ludwigshafen Germany where listeners were asked to come up with a novel use for the money. The radio station asked listeners to answer the question: "What would you do for 100,000 euros ($130,000). "

A 44-year-old flat iron, given as a gift over four decades ago, is still working and used by its recipient up to this day. Gill Critchett from Southsea, England said she received the Morphy Richards flat iron in 1963 as a wedding gift from her husband Percey.

A woman died after competing in a radio station contest. The contest dared participants to drink as much water as they could and not go to the bathroom. The coroner's office says Jennifer Strange, 28, died of water intoxication. Radio station KDND 107. 9 held the contest and promised a Nintendo Wii game system for the winner who could go the longest without going to the bathroom. Strange was found dead in her Rancho Cordova home hours after taking part in the contest.