Betty Bell of Oklahoma has the unique ability of whistling with her toes in her mouth. She says it started when she was 14 and trying to learn how to whistle, "I said I wonder if can whistle with them because I wasn't having any luck with my fingers and so I tried it and it worked!"

Sienna Miller has blasted the press for hounding her. The blonde actress says she's fed up of the media scrutiny following a string of break-ups and reconciliations with love cheat Jude Law. She is quoted on the MSNBC website as saying: "Yes, I wish (the tabloid coverage) wasn't in my life to the degree that it is or has been, but I accept that it has been a pretty tumultuous year and hopefully it will die down. "

In a page straight out of the stupid criminals book, a shoplifter in Indiana gave police an unusual trail with which to track him - a meat trail. According to police, Johnny McCray stole 19 packages of meat from Lance's New Market. After an officer spotted the man and tried to stop him, McCray took off tossing meat out of the window as he drove down the street.

Most would agree that a good nights sleep is good for you. One European doctor takes the sage advice to a new level. A lack of sleep makes you "fat, stupid and sick", according to a German scientist. Sleep researcher Professor Juergen Zulley from the Regensburg University Hospital in Bavaria said: "It makes you stupid because suffering from sleep deficiency diminishes your memory. Sick, because too little sleep can damage your heart, circulation, stomach and intestines. And fat because while we are sleeping are bodies release a hormone that reduces appetite.

Thieves robbed a Terra Alta Shop 'n Save and apparently left a trail of cigarettes as they fled, scattering dozens of cigarette packs throughout the Preston County town. "You would not believe the customers who are calling me saying `We have your cigarettes!' Sometimes it's 20 packs at a time," says store manager Nellie Dixon.