Fargo - A Georgia fisherman recorded hundreds of alligators gathering in a canal in the Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge, in what biologists believe may be a strange feeding ritual. Ray Cason witnessed the gator gathering on two consecutive mornings.

Wikileaks founder Julian Assange has explained his decision to publish the names of hundreds of Afghans working with Nato forces. The reasons he gives are vague, naive, disingenuous, and he is now way out of his depth.

Nanjing - Chinese state media says at least a half dozen people have been killed and more than 300 others have been injured in an chemical pipeline explosion in eastern China in the city of Nanjing.

People who have been trying to avoid Bisphenol A (BPA) found in baby bottles, canned food, toys, compact discs,etc., since it has been linked to health concerns in recent years, now have to worry about store receipts.

Madrid - Scientists involved in a new study suggest that an asteroid named 1999 RQ36 could slam into planet Earth by the year 2182. The potential impacts from the large asteroid could affect the planet until 2200.

Atlantic Beach - A dolphin washed ashore along the coast of North Carolina after being maimed and thrown back into the ocean to suffer and die.

Rome - Travellers, tourists and local Romans who visit the Vatican City are in for a surprise considering that Swiss Guard officers now turn away anyone in shorts, and women with bare shoulders or wearing a mini skirt -- too much skin is taboo.

Aylsham - An upper denture designed for Sir Winston Churchill is to be auctioned on July 29. The teeth are expected to bring £4,500 to £5,000.

Vancouver - An unknown number of Greenpeace activists have taken over Enbridge's office in Vancouver following an oil spill in Michigan from an Enbridge pipeline Monday.

In an interview with Iran’s English-language news agency Press TV, Iran’s President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad claimed to have precise information that the United States plan to attack two or more additional countries in the Middle East in the next 3 month.