■ United States
New sex drug offers hope
A new drug to treat premature ejaculation can increase men's sexual stamina more than threefold, its makers said on Monday. The drug, dapoxetine, was unveiled at an annual meeting of the American Urological Association on Monday. Premature ejaculation affects between 27 percent and 34 percent of males of all age groups, according to the association. Jon Pryor, who led Johnson & Johnson's trial, said dapoxetine had few side effects in clinical trials. "It can be taken on demand, one to three hours before intercourse, and the reason its side effects are so low is probably because it clears out of the system quickly," he said.
■ United States
Another plane intercepted
Military jets intercepted a small plane that strayed into restricted airspace around Washington on Monday, the second time in nearly two weeks fighter planes steered a wayward aircraft away from the US capital with flares, officials said. Unlike the May 11 incident when the airspace breach prompted the evacuation of the White House, Capitol and Supreme Court, Monday's incident triggered no frantic security response on the ground. It was not clear if poor weather was a factor in the incident. The Cessna was apparently on a flight from Tennessee to the Washington area and "clipped" restricted airspace about 32km from Washington.
■ United States
Bear takes dip in yard pool
A 63kg bear wandered into a suburban neighborhood and took a dip in a swimming pool before being tranquilized and returned to the wild. The female bear ambled into the San Fernando Valley's Porter Ranch area shortly after 6pm on Sunday, bumping into doors and windows before taking a few splashes in a backyard pool, fire depart-ment spokesman Brian Humphrey said. Homeowner Maryam Salahael pulled her children out of the pool when the bear showed up, and she called authorities. "My dog began barking very loudly. I went to see what's going on. I see a bear in my backyard," Salahael told KTTV-TV. Authorities cordoned off the area as wildlife officials tranquilized the bear, said Cindy Wood of the California Department of Fish and Game.
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Man punished for skull
A Los Angeles man was sentenced on Monday to 600 hours of community service and ordered to pay more than US$13,000 for trying to sell an antique Hawaiian skull in an online auction. Judge Howard Matz ordered Jerry Hasson to publish an apology in several Hawaiian newspapers and on a bulletin board on the online auction site eBay. Hasson pleaded guilty in January to trying to sell the skull on eBay, saying he had found it on a beach in Hawaii in 1969.
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