The Associated Press report that grapefruit makes women appear younger. A study by the Smell and Taste Institute in Chicago was conducted to determine what makes a women smell young. Institute director Dr. Alan Hirsch reportedly smeared several middle-aged woman subjects with broccoli, banana, spearmint leaves, lavender and grapefruit.

Inspired by those sporting signs on roadsides such as, "Will work for food," a Nebraska man is seeking the one thing he's willing to work for - a wife. And he's apparently willing to do whatever it take to find one. Harold is 45, single, and in the market for a spouse. His efforts include the purchasing of a billboard with the message "Wife Wanted: willworkforawife. org, 'Walk by Faith, Not by Sight. '"

Modjadji VI, the South African queen believed to make rain, has died in hospital, just two years after being crowned. Makobo Modjadji was a descendant from a line of rain queens dating back at least 200 years, and the youngest ever to head southern Africa's only female dynasty ruling the Balobedu people in the country's northern Limpopo province.

Japanese men must work less to assist at home more, reported The Associated Press referring to a survey published on Sunday. The survey was conducted by Rengo Soken, a research institute associated with Japanese trade unions.

According to a local paper, two Yadavs, a cow-herd caste just above Dalits, forced a government school to stop serving the federally mandated lunches after they found out Dalit women had been hired to make the rice puddings. The women were considered "untouchables. " Indian officials are investigating reports that villagers stopped a school giving lunch to its students because lower caste Dalits, or untouchables, cooked the desserts.