A hospital in London, England, admitted that it mistakenly sent
letters to thirty patients, including six elderly men, telling
them they were pregnant. A spokesman for North Derbyshire Royal
Hospital blamed it on human error. None of the surprised
patients turned out to actually be expecting a baby, the
spokeswoman said.

A half-smoked cigar Winston Churchill left unfinished in 1941 has been sold for £4,500.
The wartime prime minister abandoned the stub to attend a Cabinet meeting - and it was picked up by a Downing Street worker.
The valet sent the four-inch stub to a friend with a note jotted on Number 10 writing paper.
The friend kept the souvenir until his death, at which point the souvenir stogie passed to a relative.
It was bought by a private collector at a sale in Norfolk.
Auctioneers Keys, of Aylsham, said the cigar had been expected to fetch around £350.
In November, a butter dish used as an ashtray by Sir Winston at the London dining debating club fetched £4,200.

A German man has been fined $925 for punching and killing his
parrot for screeching uncontrollably. "I'd had a row with my
girlfriend and she left me. Charlie wouldn't stop screeching. So
I punched him. I'm so sorry. He was a good friend," the
defendant, 41, told a court. Police had been called to his home
when neighbors mistook the parrot's screeching for human
screams