CANBERRA (Reuters) - The Australian government granted permanent residency Tuesday to a 104-year-old Chinese woman who theoretically faced deportation after losing a last legal appeal for a visa.

BERLIN (Reuters) - A German man who went on holiday left his stereo and lights on so that his pet hamster would not feel lonely in the empty apartment, a police spokesman said on Monday after breaking into it over fears the man may have died.

"During the last five months, I've had the privilege to meet an incredible cross section of people."

ATLANTA (Reuters) - Georgia's budget-slashing governor, Sonny Perdue, is preparing to unsheathe his knife once again, but this time it is a pooch and not a program that will feel the loss.

MIAMI (Reuters) - A former stripper once cleared of battering a customer with her enormous breasts sold one of her silicone implants on eBay to the same company that recently bought a grilled cheese sandwich said to bear the image of the Virgin Mary.

BERLIN (Reuters) - Two aging German pop stars, known for their sentimental style, kitsch songs and dating younger women, are under attack for calling their fans brainless and being disparaging about older women's sexual appetites.

RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - Airports have them; government buildings have them. Now buses in Brazil's crime-hit Rio de Janeiro state may get metal detectors to ward off gun-toting criminals.

CANBERRA (Reuters) - A letter confessing to a murder committed more than a century ago has been uncovered during renovations to a home near the South Australia state capital Adelaide, sparking a police hunt for human remains on Monday. "A letter was found by residents at the house. It may point to the confession of a supposed murder," a police spokeswoman told Reuters.

SINGAPORE (Reuters) - People in Asia burn the midnight oil, sleeping later than most Americans and Europeans and then waking up earlier, a global survey on sleep habits has found.

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - A California man sent to prison for 26 years for lying on a driver's license application won a new hearing on Friday in a case that revived debate over the state's "three strikes" law, which imposes lengthy terms on repeat offenders.

CANBERRA (Reuters) - The Australian government granted permanent residency Tuesday to a 104-year-old Chinese woman who theoretically faced deportation after losing a last legal appeal for a visa.

BERLIN (Reuters) - A German man who went on holiday left his stereo and lights on so that his pet hamster would not feel lonely in the empty apartment, a police spokesman said on Monday after breaking into it over fears the man may have died.

"During the last five months, I've had the privilege to meet an incredible cross section of people."

ATLANTA (Reuters) - Georgia's budget-slashing governor, Sonny Perdue, is preparing to unsheathe his knife once again, but this time it is a pooch and not a program that will feel the loss.

MIAMI (Reuters) - A former stripper once cleared of battering a customer with her enormous breasts sold one of her silicone implants on eBay to the same company that recently bought a grilled cheese sandwich said to bear the image of the Virgin Mary.

BERLIN (Reuters) - Two aging German pop stars, known for their sentimental style, kitsch songs and dating younger women, are under attack for calling their fans brainless and being disparaging about older women's sexual appetites.

RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - Airports have them; government buildings have them. Now buses in Brazil's crime-hit Rio de Janeiro state may get metal detectors to ward off gun-toting criminals.

CANBERRA (Reuters) - A letter confessing to a murder committed more than a century ago has been uncovered during renovations to a home near the South Australia state capital Adelaide, sparking a police hunt for human remains on Monday. "A letter was found by residents at the house. It may point to the confession of a supposed murder," a police spokeswoman told Reuters.

SINGAPORE (Reuters) - People in Asia burn the midnight oil, sleeping later than most Americans and Europeans and then waking up earlier, a global survey on sleep habits has found.

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - A California man sent to prison for 26 years for lying on a driver's license application won a new hearing on Friday in a case that revived debate over the state's "three strikes" law, which imposes lengthy terms on repeat offenders.