Belgrade, Serbia - A team of surgeons in western Serbia removed eight nails, a knife, a pen, a screw, a spoon, a clothes-peg and other, smaller objects from a young man's stomach, one of the doctors said Wednesday. Dr. Maja Gulan, who helped perform the operation Monday in Uzice, 70 miles southwest of Belgrade, told the AP the team was "astonished. "

Emergency surgery saved the life of a 12-foot Burmese python after it swallowed an entire queen-size electric blanket, complete with cord and control box. The blanket was kept in the snake's cage for warmth and owner Karl Beznoska said it must have gotten tangled in the snake's rabbit dinner. Veterinarians say it probably took Houdini the snake six hours to swallow the blanket.

It took surgery to save a 12-foot Burmese python after it swallowed an entire queen-size electric blanket - with the electrical cord and control box, reported AP. The blanket must have gotten tangled up in the snake's rabbit dinner, owner Karl Beznoska said. He kept the blanket in the cage to keep the 60-pound reptile, named Houdini, warm. "Somehow, he was able to unplug the electric cord," Beznoska said. "He at least wasn't hooked up to the power. It might have been pretty warm there. "

On Tuesday, a 12-foot long Burmese python underwent surgery after it swallowed an entire queen-size electric blanket along with the electrical cord and control box Sunday night. Karl Beznoska, the python's owner said the 6 feet long and wide electric blanket was kept in its cage to help keep it warm. According to Karl, the python, named Houdini, must have swallowed the blanket after it got tangled up in the snake's rabbit dinner. On Monday morning, Beznoska noticed the blanket was missing and that Houdini didn't seem to be feeling well.

In what started as a way to keep late night revelers away from a suburban Sydney Park, is now getting on the nerves of nearby residents. The local council in Rockdale, a southern suburb in Sydney, started a six-month trial of high-volume hits by Manilow and Doris Day to chase away car enthusiasts who were gathering on weekend nights at Cook Park Reserve.