It’s happened again – cold and flu season has struck. I don’t know about you, but I’m in the middle of my annual winter cold which invariably leads to my annual battle with laryngitis.

His Holines the Dalai Lama wished the world a happy new year and his fellow Tibetans a good Losar from his home in Dharmasala, India. Losar is when Tibetans celebrate the new year, and by their calendar, this is the year 2135.

New York City -- A male peacock wandered into the parking lot of a fast food restaurant on Staten Island last Thursday. The bird was immediately attacked by a man who mistook it for a vampire.

As we all know, the cost of even a modest wedding rises exponentially each year. Now a company in Grandville, Michigan has a partial solution to the problem: Don't buy an expensive wedding cake, rent a fake one for the day!

Indiana Governor Mitch Daniels was recently bitten on the leg by a dog belonging to one of his constituents. The governor apparently frightened the dog by starting his Harley-Davidson.

The birthplace of the Buddha, one of the holiest religious sites in the world, is being shut down by Nepalese Maoist guerillas. There is no word on how long the shutdown will last.

Will the pet food nightmare ever end? Apparently not. A Texas laboratory has found acetaminophen (aka Tylenol) in dog and cat food. The FDA is investigating, and one cat may have already died as a result.

Depending on your calendar, May or June 2007 is a "blue moon" month -- two full moons occur during the calendar month. To celebrate, here are some weird and wacky facts about full moons:

Congress is trying again to ease restrictions on federal funding for embryonic stem cell research. Today the House voted 247-176 to send the measure to President Bush. That is 35 votes short of what is needed to override a presidential veto.

Indy may be returning to theaters for a fourth flick, but his dad isn't. Sean Connery, who played Indiana Jones' father in the 1989 "Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade" has no plans to revive the role.

Real Estate agents have to pass a test in order to get a license. Teachers have to pass an accreditation exam in order to teach. Pretty soon, Salem psychics may have to pass a test in order to tell fortunes. How will they practice?

Are you single and depressed? A recent study shows that the best antidote for depression could be: marriage!

Scientists in the South American country of Suriname announced yesterday that they have discovered 24 new species of creatures, including a frog with flourescent purple markings and 12 new kinds of dung beetle.

It's something I try not to think about, but the recent release of Dr. Jack Kevorkian, aka "Dr. Death" just gets my blood boiling all over again. I am wholeheartedly for physician assisted suicide. Let me tell you why.

Andrew Speaker, the Atlanta attorney who exposed his fellow plane passengers to a dangerous strain of tuberculosis says he was told he "wasn't a risk."

Plane tickets, check. Sandals, check. Beach towel, check. Dogs to boarding kennel, check. Laptop, check. Ugly Bermuda shorts, check. What's wrong with this list?

We've all seen those commercials for eharmony.com and the "testimony" from couples who plan to live happily ever after because they joined the online dating site. Have you noticed that all the couples consist of a man and a woman?

Apparently appealing to CA Governor Arnold Scharzenegger isn't a high enough power to keep the badly-behaved heiress out of jail. Now she's turned to Buddha for help.

Will this pet food recall nightmare ever end? I'm beginning to wonder.

In 1493, Christopher Columbus reported seeing three really ugly mermaids. He wrote that they "were not as pretty as they are depicted, for somehow in the face they look like men."