In a bid to reduce drunk driving during the holidays, police are distributing pint glasses embedded with the logo of the Bennington Police Department to bars and restaurants. The glasses, police believe will remind those intoxicated of police presence and possibly help them control their alcohol intake. According to AP reports, T. J. Carmody, owner of Carmody's restaurant, which recieved three cases of the glasses last week said, ''It should give awareness to people and make them pay attention a little more. "

Until December 31, restrooms fit for a queen will be open to the public in Times Square to promote Charmin Toilet Paper. The new complex is furnished with individual stalls, each with their own theme like Wall Street or Times Square. It also boasts a fancy waiting room with plush couches, flat screen televisions, a fire place and a kid's dance floor.

A 15-pound lobster was released into the water after living in the lobster tank at Angelica's Restaurant in Bethlehem for a month. The restaurant's owner, Fred Cunha, had bought Monstro from a fishing boat in mid-October. Monstro is 37 inches and has 15-inch claws. Cunha estimates that he is 50 years old. A lobster so large and old is no ordinary thing.

Two Burger King employees and one manager were arrested after allegedly selling burgers sprinkled with pot to police officers. The officers filed a lawsuit against Burger King Corp. Two Isleta Pueblo Tribal Police officer, Mark Landavazo and Henry Gabaldon, went to the restaurant's drive through in a marked police car and ordered sandwiches. The men ate half of their food before finding marijuana on the meat. They tested the substance with a field test kit and discovered it was indeed pot.

The governor of Tora Bora in Afghanistan is planning to convert the famous secret caves hideout of top al-Qaeda terrorist Osama Bin Laden, into a $10 million resort. According to The Sun newspaper, former warlord Gul Agha Sherazi, now a local governor in the region, has convinced investors to put up hotels and restaurants on mountains overlooking Bin Laden's Tora Bora refuge.