The first group of women have been selected to train in China as astronauts. Thirty-five women between 17 and 20 years old will train as pilots at the Chinese military's Aviation University.

Christina Ficara - All Headline News Staff Reporter-Pensacola police say William L. Wright, 47, and about 40 other people had gathered along the train tracks Monday to watch a fireworks display over Pensacola Bay.

An Australian woman has invented a 3-step toilet training system for cats called the "Litter-Kwitter. " Jo Lapidge successfully taught her family's Burmese cat, Doogal, to use the toilet. The Litter-Kwitter starts with a red toilet seat-shaped disc filled with cat litter and sitting on the floor next to the toilet, like a normal tray. Next the red disc is placed on the toilet so the cat can get used to jumping up onto the seat.

A 37-year-old woman is lucky after surviving two near-fatal accidents within hours of each other. Around 2:30 am on Sunday morning, Lana Hudspeth ran off U. S. 76 in Ballentine northwest of Columbia, struck a tree, went down a 30-foot embankment and came to rest on the train tracks, state Highway Patrol spokesman Bryan McDougald reported. Just over two hours later at 4:45 am Hudspeth was either unconscious or couldn't get out of her car when a 93-car train traveling 47 mph struck Hudspeth's car, pushing it 300 yards down the track. Hudspeth was able to communicate with rescuers as they removed her from her 2004 Ford Taurus. Hudspeth's current condition is unknown - however, authorities report she was stable.

An Arizona police department seeks capuchin monkey for SWAT team operations. A Special Weapons and Tactics veteran from Mesa, Arizona, a suburb of Phoenix, has researched the possibility of landing a $100,000 federal grant to fund a pilot program to train one monkey. Sean Truelove, the man behind the monkey proposal, told a local newspaper that the idea for the SWAT monkey came to him in a dream 18 months ago. Paramilitary SWAT teams are used by major police departments in the U. S. in hostage situations and others involving heavily armed criminals. According to Truelove, the monkey could be trained to unlock doors and search buildings for police on command. The capuchin monkey is considered one of the smartest primates, known by many for its decades-long association with organ grinders. The monkeys weigh three to eight pounds and live for 15 to 20 years. Capuchin monkeys, native to southern central America, have been used to help disabled people, and are able to perform such tasks as retrieving items, serving food and opening and closing doors. The Mesa, Arizona police department issued a statement saying: "We have always encouraged our department members to seek creative and innovative ways to improve public safety in our community. " But the department also said the idea of training a capuchin SWAT monkey had not been cleared by the department's executive ranks.