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British Girl Allergic To 21st Century

A 10-year-old girl in England has to lead a severely restricted lifestyle because she is effectively allergic to the 21st century.

So far doctors have been unsuccessful in explaining why Molly Harrad has such a severe and rare condition, but they have told her parents she would not have suffered from any of her allergies if she'd been born 100 years ago, England's Daily Telegraph reported.

Mysterious Lights Have Brits Eyeing Night Sky

A series of sightings of mysterious aerial lights have people all over Britain peering in the night sky.

The latest incident occurred Sunday over Lincoln, in eastern England, when people reported they saw more than 20 lights flying in formation.

Last Titanic Survivor Dies At 97

Millvina Dean, the last survivor of the Titanic, died on Sunday at 97 at a nursing home in England.

Dean was only two months old when the Titanic collided with an iceberg on its maiden voyage and sank on April 14, 1912. The ocean liner was at the time the largest passenger ship in the world.

Docs Say Woman Survived Paragliding Accident Because Of Her Washboard Abs

A woman survived a paragliding accident in Andalusia, Spain because her "washboard" stomach muscles provided protection to her other organs.

A strong gust of wind sent Peggy Williams, 47, plummeting more than 20 feet from the sky, landing on a rocky outcrop, England's The Daily Telegraph reported.

Contest Winner Paid $110,000 To Take Dream Job, Live On Australian Resort
Contest Winner Paid $110,000 To Take Dream Job, Live On Australian Resort

One lucky man is being paid $110,000 to live on an Australian resort island for six months. The catch? He's got to blog about his time there-weekly.

Billed as 'the best job in the world,' the Australian tourism bureau held a worldwide contest to select their new hire, ABC News reported.