Sweden's first astronaut is taking some comfort food along on his planned Dec. 7 trip into space. Swedish particle physicist Christer Fuglesang will bring along one of his nation's delicacies: moose meat.

Yes, slow roasted moose meat will make its departure from Earth and orbit the globe with the team of astronauts, that is, until Fuglesang finishes it all off.

A South Korean immigrant went to federal court carrying an unloaded .22-caliber pistol in her handbag. She is now out on a $100,000 bond and could face up to 16 months in prison if convicted.

Mal Soon Jin, 49, was nabbed after the Brooklyn courthouse's X-ray machine revealed her pistol.

The search for the source of a leaky water pipe led to the discovery of a hidden room at a former hotel in West Virginia that might have been shut for years. The underground room is about 10 feet wide, 18-20 feet long and about 7 feet in height, with wooden cabinets lining one wall and a vintage toilet behind a partition.

The room was discovered by a maintenance worker who was knocking down a wall to locate the faulty pipes in the decades old building.

Weighing in at 1,502 pounds, a pumpkin owned by a Rhode Island farmer may set a new world record for the biggest pumpkin in the world. The pumpkin, weighed Saturday at the 13th annual Rhode Island Southern New England Giant Pumpkin Growers Championship, exceeded the weight of last year's record-breaking pumpkin by slightly over 30 pounds.

Ron Wallace, the man who grew the pumpkin, tells the AP, "Pumpkin growing is a lot of work and you just have to stick with it."

Council officials in Worcester City, Worcestershire in England have warned visitors at the Cripplegate Park, of falling pears. The council also ordered two pear trees cordoned off in case their fruit falls on people.

Signs have been screwed into each tree saying: "Warning, pears falling!"