A recent poll done by ABC News disclosed some interesting wishes that adults had for Santa Claus this Christmas season. The results showed wishes that would be considered expected and usual, as well as humanitarian wishes such as love and peace. And there were some that were more than a bit unusual, such as teeth. The survey revealed that ten percent of Americans wished for a new car - a notable 6 percent decrease from the numbers gathered during the 2005 holiday season. Six percent wanted cash, reported the UPI. It ranged from "10 million dollars," "$300,000 wrapped in ribbon," to "financial security" as suggested by a Minneapolis woman who said, "I'd like to have my bills paid off. "

A 45-year-old convicted rapist was sentenced 225 years in prison for three counts of indecent exposure last year. Robert Stearns was found guilty in a jury trial earlier this year of exposing himself to three different women walking through two different Hamilton, Montana parks. Stearns was sentenced Tuesday to 75 years in prison on each of the three counts of indecent exposure, to run consecutively. "I've never seen such a harsh punishment recommended for a nonviolent crime," said Stearns' attorney James Clapp.

Couples were less likely to be likeable when the woman was more verbally assertive, and silence could well be a golden rule for her, according to a study at the Green Mountain College. "In couples in which the woman is more verbally assertive, and the man more submissive, the relationship tends to suffer," said Dr. Jennifer Sellers, assistant professor of psychology at the college.

Several women in a County Durham village hoping to help raise funds for charity are selling plates with painted images done not by their hands - but with their bare breasts. Covering their breasts with paint, the women paint images of pandas, cherries, Christmas puddings and bumblebees on plates which are later glazed and fired

Courthouse workers for a renovation project discovered the headstone of a man that died in 1874. The headstone was said to have belonged to an Isaac Cobb, who apparently died at the age of 72.