Policemen in the capital city of the Philippines are now donning a new headgear to complement their uniform just in time for the Christmas season - Santa Claus hats.

"We are wearing this to show the people that during this Christmas season our hearts and minds are on serving the Filipino people," said Manila police spokesman Giovanni Valera.

A farmer who got his hand stuck in a rusty corn harvester cut off his own arm with a pocketknife to save himself from being burned when the machine caught fire.

Describing the September incident on NBC's "Today Show," Sampson Parker said that he had taken off the glove of his right hand and reached into the machine to remove a corn-stalk when his hand got stuck.

Two turkeys have been released from a possible death sentence, thanks to the unconditional pardon given by President Bush himself.

The distribution of the pardon for the two fowls was done during the 60th annual pardoning ceremony of the National Thanksgiving Turkey, in which the White House saves at least one bird from the blade of the axe.

The Chinese Confucius Foundation in cooperation with China's two media giants inked a $ 5.3 million deal on Friday to make a cartoon series highlighting the life and teachings of the popular ancient philosopher, Confucius.

The cartoon series, to be composed of 100 episodes in 13-minuter format each, will be aired to mark the 2,560th birth anniversary of Confucius in 2009.

Cyberspace is not the best place to get even at an old flame who has set his eyes on another woman.

This was the bitter lesson learned by 34-year-old Pilar Stofega who was charged for second-degree harassment and breach of peace in a Connecticut court for using the Internet to vent her rage.