■ United Kingdom
Postcard 92 years late
A postcard sent from the trenches during World War I by a private to his wartime sweetheart finally arrived -- 92 years after he had sent it. Private Walter Butler wrote to Amy Hicks in 1915, telling her he was alive and well -- but the army issue postcard never made it to her home in Wiltshire, 100km west of London. Butler survived the war and the couple went on to marry. The postcard turned up in a postal sorting office, which sent it along last week to the post office near Hicks' address. A local postman called the home of the couple's daughter, Joyce Hulbert, to announce the discovery.
■ United States
Urinals warn drinkers
Urinals in New Mexico have a few words to say to drinking men before they zip their pants, leave bar restrooms and head for their cars: Only drive if you're sober. Electronic urinal inserts bought for a pilot program launched this week by the state department of transportation sense when someone is in position and then a female voice delivers a sultry warning not to drive drunk. The message warns about the dangers of crashing or being caught by police and then playfully concludes with "Your future is in your hand." "The woman's voice is flirtatious yet stern," said Tom Trowbridge of the New Mexico Department of Transportation.
■ United Kingdom
Prince Harry off to Iraq?
Prince Harry will be serving in southern Iraq by the end of the month with his army regiment, probably taking part in reconnaissance missions near the Iran border, a newspaper reported on Saturday. A Ministry of Defense spokeswoman said the Daily Mirror report was "entirely speculative" because no final decisions have been made on which units will relieve the 19th Light Brigade currently in Iraq. She added that the next handover is not even due until around May. But a senior military source told the Mirror that the decision has been made to send Harry, a second lieutenant in the Blues and Royals Regiment.
■ United States
Teen can't stop hiccuping
For more than three weeks, despite medical tests and home remedies, a St Petersburg, Florida, teenager has been hiccuping. A lot. In fact, Jennifer Mee is hiccuping close to 50 times a minute, stopping only when she sleeps. The 15-year-old has had blood tests, a CT scan and an MRI. Drugs have not worked. Neither has holding her breath, putting sugar under her tongue, sipping pickle juice, breathing into a paper bag and drinking from the wrong side of a glass. And, yes, people have tried to scare them out of her. The hiccups started on Jan. 23 at school, but it is not clear why.
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