Prisoners at Monroe County jail caused a wet mess Friday night after they clogged sewage pipes with mattress pieces they had flushed down the toilets. The leakage from pipes thereby caused moderate flooding in the sheriff's department. According to officials, several inmates cut up their mattresses and flushed the pieces down the toilet. The clogged pipes backed up leaking in the sheriff's department, located below the jail.

Beijing, China - A Chinese woman was charged with transporting 15 items of underwear soaked in 3. 5lbs. of heroin. The woman appeared in a Shanghai court Thursday and pleaded innocent, claiming the underwear was planted in her luggage after two men offered her a job and a plane ticket to Shanghai. Wang Zhiqin, 42, from Wuhan, capital of China's central province of Hubei, said in court that she had no idea her pink trunk contained panties and long johns that had been soaked in the drug.

Controversy has erupted in China over the use of a poor wet nurse by an affluent family. Professional wet nurses are becoming more common in major Chinese cities.

A 70-year-old German shoplifter tried to break free from the police by biting them to no avail. His main problem in the escape attempt was he had forgotten to put his teeth on. Police tried arresting him when he failed to pay fine for shoplifting.

The worst thing to do after biting a police officer in order to avoid arrest is having to realize that you left your dentures at home. Gustav Ernegger, 70, did just that. The retired German man tried to get away from police after having stolen a t-shirt in a clothing shop by giving an officer a bite on the arm but only left a wet mark from his gums instead.