Australia's largest wine producer has unveiled its new product, an all-in-one wine bottle with an attached wine "glass" made out of acrylic. The "Shuttle" wine bottle is sealed with a detachable securely sealed acrylic wine glass, which comes upside down over the bottle. The detachment of the "glass" from the bottle is simple in that it twists right off to release it.

Whiskey made at George Washington's Mount Vernon farm has sold for $100,000 at auction. Two bottles of a limited 24-bottle run of George Washington Distillery Straight Rye Whiskey, the first run produced at Mount Vernon in over 200 years, set the world record auction price for a bottle of American whiskey.

In the highly-competitive world of the California Institute of Technology, one of the most popular class is its cooking class where the final exam-meal is graded by a Nobel laureate. The whiz students say they enjoy the fun and relaxed atmosphere and amazing food. "We have amazingly gifted people in science and engineering and they are viewed by many people as nerdy," said Caltech's president, Jean-Lou Chameau.

Corruption is now rife in Africa to the extent that a prominent African business man based in London has launched an annual $5 million prize for Africa's most effective head of state. Egyptian born Mo Ibrahim, who operates a mobile phone business in the U. K. , says African leaders shall be rated every year to pick the eligible candidate. The successful candidates will get $5 million over 10 years when they quit power. They'll also get $200,000 annually for life.

The eccentric Stalinist leader of N. Korea, Kim Jong-Il, loves his French spirits, lobster, caviar, McDonald's hamburgers, and choice cuts of imported sushi. His sons love the jet-set lifestyle. While millions of his country's citizens have perished from famine and starvation, luxury goods, gathered at great expense, abound in Kim's compounds, and serve both personal and as currency for loyal elite supporters.