The mayor of a small Australian mining town received negative feedback when he said that unattractive women could find a partner in his locality because men outnumbered women, five-to-one, in the country's northwest mining center. Mount Isa's Mayor John Molony said, "five blokes to every girl, may I suggest that beauty-disadvantaged women should proceed to Mount Isa. "

Researchers at Ohio State University found that people prefer less metal in braces, rating metal braces - such as those worn by the star of "Ugly Betty" - as more unattractive. But they also found that orthodontists say that stainless steel braces are the most effective and easiest for them to handle while they are trying to give patients a more attractive smile. People say they prefer less visible braces that allow them to see a smile that doesn't flash a mouthful of highly visible metal.

It's impossible to know which side drew first blood. For as long as Wimbledon has existed, it has had to contend with the pigeons, invaders hell bent on dive-bombing players, leaving droppings on tables, and even taking a stroll on Centre Court. On Monday, tournament officials escalated the conflict by calling in special forces to cull the offensive. Wimbledon's usual security measures to keep the pigeon offensive at bay were just not cutting it on Monday. It was time to move to more extreme contingencies.

Two mothers were embroiled in a scuffle at a birthday party held at a Chuck E. Cheese, when the birthday son accused another boy of "hogging" an arcade game. Police reports stated that the sons of Catherine Aliaga, 38, and Tarsha Williams, 33, were fighting over a basketball arcade game at the children's restaurant.

An expert on artificial intelligence predicts that by 2050, human will start having sex robots, which by that time, "will be nearly indistinguishable from real people. "In his book, Sex With Robots: The Evolution of Human-Robot relationships, David Levy states, "Great sex on tap for everyone, 24/7. What's not to like?"