A man is arrested by authorities who claim he was interferring, after saving a swimmer caught in swirling river currents. Dave Newman disobeyed repeated orders to leave the water. After rescuing the swimmer, he was charged with interferring with public duties. After Abed Duamni, 35 of Houston, Texas thanked Newman for saving his life in front of the police, he was taken into custody and later released on $2,000 bail.

In response to threatening water shortage reports, Mayor Ken Livingstone suggests residents not "flush the lavatory if you have just had a pee. "The water shortage facing the south of England forced Livingstone to take dramatic action to avert a crisis and address the situation.

According to a company spokeswoman, Walt Disney officials consulted feng shui experts before building Hong Kong Disneyland. Disney tilted the park several degrees and set up "no fire zones" in kitchens, to maintain a balance of the five elements of metal, wood, water, fire and earth throughout the park.

Two Cable repairmen become heroes after rescuing a 10-year-old boy who feel into a swimming pool and remained under eight feet of water for several minutes. Jamario Covington fell into the pool, sunk to the bottom and stopped breathing. A babysitter thought he joking, but realized the boy was in trouble after considerable time passed.

The Associated Press reported the rescue of an 81-year-old woman trapped for six days after falling in her bathtub. According to officer Peter Jung, who found her Wednesday morning, she had no food in the room. "She couldn't move in the right way to do anything other than get handfuls of water out of the bathtub faucet," Jung said. "She was just glad we were there. "According to the report, it was a neighborhood newspaper carrier's concern over an unusual pile-up of papers outside the woman's home that triggered an investigation. A neighbor, Larry Nelson, knocked on the woman's locked doors and noticed the woman's car in her garage. "I got that funny feeling there was something wrong," he said. He contacted the woman's landlord, who called police. Nelson told Jung he hadn't seen the woman outside in a while, which was unusual. The officer forced his way inside the house. Nelson said the woman seemed alert. "I walked into the bathroom and she said, 'Hi Larry!'" he said. "I asked if she had heard me rap on the doors, and she said, 'Yes, but what could I do?'"I couldn't believe she was still alive. "The woman was taken to the hospital. Pleasant Prairie Police Chief Brian Wagner did not know her condition Thursday. "When we found her, she was alert and oriented, and she knew how long she had been there," Wagner said. Barker said many elderly in the neighborhood live alone. "Somebody has to watch out for them," she said.