Garfield: Eater of Cheesy Lasagna

Is the scenario in this cartoon unlikely? Improbable? Impossible? Yes, yes, and yes, but it's funny too.

Cow Appreciation Day!

Tomorrow is Cow Appreciation Day! And who wouldn't want to receive a cute Cow Appreciation Day card? I know I would.

The Men Vs. the Fireworks

A Salt Lake City car proved it was smarter than the two men inside it on Wednesday. The men lit a "large mortar rocket firework" but forgot to roll down the car window before throwing it. One man suffered second and third degree burns while the other suffered minor burns.

Too Much TV, Not Enough Cheeseball

Researchers at the University of Otago in Dunedin, New Zealand, have found that children who watch more television have more health problems as an adult.

Television viewing between the ages of 5 and 15 years increased the risk of high cholesterol levels, smoking, poor fitness, and being overweight in adulthood.

On a population level, the authors estimate that 17 percent of overweight, 15 percent of poor fitness, 15 percent of elevated cholesterol, and 17 percent of current smoking in 26-year-olds could be attributed to watching more than 2 hours per day of television during childhood and adolescence.

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You Get What You Pay For

I doubt the owners of these Corvettes were too happy about this.

Webcam Doubles as Security Camera

Two Florida teenagers were stifled in their attempt to burglarize a home when the homeowner's friend saw them on the home's webcam.

Investigators said a friend of Leonard Meeks' was looking at his Deltona home's Web cams over the Internet at about 2 p.m. and noticed two teens breaking into the house with a knife.

When the Louisville, Ky., woman witnessed the pair removing electronic equipment, she called the Volusia County Sheriff's Office and described the break-in in detail as she watched it unfold live on her computer, according to investigators.

A short time later, deputies took the first suspect, Joshuel Fernandez, 13, into custody. A K-9 unit tracked and then caught the second suspect, Jonathan Sanabria, 17, in some nearby woods. Sanabria was taken to Florida Hospital-Fish Memorial in Orange City for treatment of a dog bite to the shoulder.

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The Beavers Vs. the Highway

Police in Ontario, Canada, had to close part of the Trans-Canada Highway early this morning after a beaver dam collapsed and flooded the highway. A truck was damaged in the flooding but no one was injured, reported the Ontario Provincial Police.

Sgt. Ted Becker said that it is unclear whether or not the collapse of the dam was accidental or part of a larger plan by the beavers to disrupt Canada's highways. "We haven't yet decided to label the beavers a terrorist threat," said Sgt. Becker, "but we think they may also be responsible for two earlier incidents which threatened highways in Toronto and Montreal." The beavers were not available for comment, but it is believed their leader, who goes by the alias 'Bucky,' is being held for questioning by Ontario Police.
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Maildog Toby

This golden retriever has been delivering mail to his owner for the past two years, and he's always on time, too.

Cheesy Ideas: One of the Herd

RFID tags are used in supermarkets and huge retail stores like Wal-Mart. Now, students in the Japanese city of Osaka will have the special privilege of being treated just like retail merchandise.

The tags will be read by readers installed in school gates and other key locations to track the kids' movements.

The chips will be put onto kids' schoolbags, name tags or clothing in one Wakayama prefecture school. Denmark's Legoland introduced a similar scheme last month to stop young children going astray.

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Twenty Questions

Feel the urge to play? Try 20 Questions.

Low-Fat Cheese: Food Pyramids of Egypt

Most of us are familiar with the Food Guide Pyramid, with the fruits, vegetables, and grains on the bottom and the meats, dairy foods and sweets on the top. Now, the government is looking to replace this eating habits guide. While most people recognize the pyramid, "we seem to lack that last step: 'How do I take it and make a behavior change?'" said Eric Hentges, director of the Agriculture Department's Center for Nutrition Policy and Promotion.

An Associated Press-IPSOS poll found in May that 30 percent of Americans consider overeating the nation's top health problem and 45 percent believe that the Food Pyramid is located at Giza, Egypt. "It is disheartening that in this era of low-carb dieting and health-food awareness so many Americans believe the Food Guide Pyramid was the final resting place of King Tutankhamen," Hentges said, but the Agriculture Department is "considering ways to benefit" from the common mistake. "We're thinking of making a Food Guide Sphinx next," he said. Read more (+/-)

The Pelican Vs. the Road

It's not a good time to be a pelican in Arizona.