China airmen banned from lunchtime boozing

BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s air force has for the first time been officially banned from drinking at lunch, state media said, not explaining why it was felt such a ban was needed.

“The move aims to better govern the military according to the law and maintain a good image of the air force with strict measures,” Xinhua news agency quoted an air force source as saying.

Under the new rules, which took effect on Monday, air force officers and soldiers may face “demerit, demotion or the sack” for drinking alcohol at lunch on working days.

Iowa man cited after botched attempt to neuter dog

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) – A Des Moines man accused of using a razor blade in a botched attempt to neuter a friend’s dog has been charged with improper care and treatment of animals.

Police say Hung Doc Vu was issued a misdemeanor citation on Monday and faces a fine of up to $500.

Officials say 49-year-old told them he had been taught the procedure by his father and grandfather, but he has no veterinary license or training.

Ohio woman’s stolen wallet found after 44 years

WARREN, Ohio – The demolition of a northeast Ohio school has unearthed a personal time capsule: a wallet stolen from a student in 1964. Kareen Theresa Reese said she’s “flabbergasted” that it turned up.

She remembers feeling annoyed when her red cowhide wallet was taken from her purse at Warren G. Harding High School. Her temporary drivers permit was inside, so she had to go through the trouble of getting another.

Groom charged with being too near bride at wedding

BATAVIA, N.Y. – A New York state man has been arrested for getting too close to his bride on their wedding day. Police said Timothy Cole quarreled with a wedding guest at a party Friday after wedding his ex-wife in Batavia.

Officers knew the 45-year-old Cole from previous arrests and realized his bride had an order of protection against him. Cole was charged with first-degree criminal contempt, a felony, and ordered jailed without bail.

Elvis and Priscilla Barbie Doll set is unveiled

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) – The maker of Barbie is coming out with the first-ever Elvis and Priscilla Presley dolls.

The dolls are wearing replica outfits of what the Presleys wore on their wedding day in Las Vegas in 1967.

The Elvis doll is dressed in a black paisley print tuxedo with boutonniere and black boots. Priscilla’s doll is wearing a gown of white chiffon and satin, with tiara and veil.

Llama fetus ritual to help Bolivia’s Morales?

EL ALTO, Bolivia (Reuters) – Muttering incantations at a witches’ market above La Paz, Faustino Tinta sets fire to a dried llama fetus and wax trinkets, an offering his client hopes will help Bolivian President Evo Morales survive a recall vote.

Tinta, 53, is one of dozens of witch doctors who tend a warren of stalls in the Morales’ stronghold of El Alto, making offerings that promise luck at work or in love, or to call up spirits and banish curses.

Australia’s eight hit by new curse

BEIJING (Reuters) – Australian rowers were left questioning their luck in Olympic eight’s races Monday after the rudder on the men’s boat jammed, forcing the crew to veer at speed out of their lane and almost collide.

The dramatic maneuver occurred in the heat and the crew will have a second chance of making the final in a repechage on Tuesday, unlike the women’s eight in Athens who memorably missed out on a medal after rower Sally Robbins suddenly stopped racing.

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Olympic opening uses girl’s voice, not face

BEIJING – One little girl had the looks. The other had the voice.

So in a last-minute move demanded by one of China’s highest officials, the two were put together for the Olympic opening ceremony, with one lip-synching “Ode to the Motherland” over the other’s singing.

The real singer, 7-year-old Yang Peiyi, with her chubby face and crooked baby teeth, wasn’t good looking enough for the ceremony, its chief music director told state-owned Beijing Radio.

Chicken crosses the road, then abandoned by thief

(AP) KENNEWICK, Wash. – Why did the chicken cross the road? In the case of Jerry Sleater’s 5-foot, 400-pound bright blue rooster, that’s apparently as far as whoever was trying to steal it could get it.

When the 76-year-old Eastern Washington man went to get his newspaper Thursday morning, the big bird named Rudy was lying beside the road.

Sleater has kept the metal rooster perched on his property south of Kennewick for two years and says, “Rudy is a family pet. He doesn’t go anywhere, but he’s part of the family.”