Without food and water for nearly two months, a cat accidentally locked in a garden shed by her owner survived by licking condensation off the windows. According to her owner, he had almost given up Emmy for lost after the ten-year old cat failed to show up.

Two tattoo artists from Cleveland on Wednesday broke the Guinness World Record for the longest tattooing session. John Cross made the tattoo on his boss, Aaron Favaloro, non-stop for 46 hours starting on Monday at the Skin Graphix Tattoo Studio in downtown Cleveland. The session beat the existing record of 43 hours and 50 minutes was set by Australians Stephen Grady and Melanie Grieveson on Aug. 26-28, 2006.

South Korean scientists said that after altering genes and cloning the cats, they made the cats that glow red when exposed to ultraviolet rays. The experiment may be counted as one of the big steps towards using the genetic technology for the modification of human genes to cure diseases, according to the Science and Technology Ministry.

The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals bestowed the Dog and Cat of the Year Award to Toby, a 2 1/2-year-old golden retriever and Winnie, a gray-eyed American shorthair, respectively, during ceremonies held Friday in Rockefeller Center in New York City. The two animals were cited for saving the lives of their masters during critical periods and weird circumstances.

Margaret Wegner, 59, will no longer have to suffer the chronic headaches and nosebleeds she has been subject to since she was 4. Thanks to advances in medical technology, doctors were able to remove almost all of the 3. 1 inch long pencil that accidentally bored through Wegner's skin 55 years ago and eventually became lodged in her brain. In an interview with a local newspaper, Wegner described the bizarre incident that how she fell over while carrying the pencil in her hand and accidentally stabbed herself in the head.