Reuters - British folk singer Yusuf Islam, formerly Cat Stevens, accepted libel damages and an apology on Friday from a news agency that reported he had refused to talk to women at an awards ceremony who were not wearing a veil.

Reuters - A New Jersey man trying to exterminate insects in his apartment blew it up instead, the New York Daily News reported on Monday.

Here's a feel good story

TORRANCE, Calif. (AP) -- A dozen bystanders rushed in to help a 70-year-old man after he stumbled leaving a Southern California bank, causing thousands of dollars to scatter in the wind.

Parents Tracey-Ann and Andrew knew when they were having non-identical twins, they wanted to treat them as individuals.

COOKEVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- Three men suspected of stealing from a Goodwill store in Cookeville ran out of gas before making it out of the parking lot, police say.

ORANGEBURG, N.Y. (AP) -- A New York state report says a maintenance man who earned $100,000 last year working at a psychiatric center has been living for free in a paint shed on company grounds and even had his mail delivered there.

Reuters - China warned its already tightly controlled media on Wednesday that the government would not tolerate "obscene, sexual, superstitious or base" advertisements over the Olympic period which may embarrass the country. "Advertising companies have a responsibility to society for propaganda and showing the country's image.