HARARI, Iraq- As American troops exit Iraq a strange thing is happening--monkeys are checking out U.S. weaponry. "All the time we have been here we have never had monkeys so curious about how we use our weapons," said Col. Bob Samlatte. "I hope the Iraqis guard what we leave here and guard it well. I would hate to see what an angry monkey could do with an M-16."

FRESNO, California- Carter Pedee used to sun bathe in the nude and still does but now he does it with a gun. "I installed high fences so the neighbors wouldn't squawk when I hung out in the buff but now mountain lions are hopping over and coming in here. I was having coffee in my kitchen one morning and looked out and saw a cougar right where I was sleeping nude the day before," said the frustrated homeowner.

STEVENS POINT, Wisconsin- A lost classic album of the religious rock era has found its way back into circulation. Cindy Hoerter was going through her attic when an album jacket by The Faith Tones caught her eye. "My generation grew up listening to "Jesus Use Me." Then the controversy came, people burned their copies and it seemed none were left." The "controversy" occurred when one of The Faith Tones, Dolores Bedore, told a reporter "We wish we were as good as Jesus Christ," right at the time John Lennon of the Beatles said his band was more popular than Jesus Christ and the two statements were, incorrectly, lumped together.

BILLINGS, Montana- A Colorado man used a chain saw to fight off a mountain lion that attacked him during a camping trip with his wife and two toddlers in northwestern Wyoming. Dustin Britton, was cutting firewood about 100 feet from his campsite when he saw the lion staring at him from some bushes. Britton raised his chain saw and met the lion head-on as it pounced. Wildlife officials said there is plenty of natural food supply, elk, deer and bighorn sheep, in the area, and "That lion was acting completely out of character for how a cougar would normally act around a full grown man who has a chain saw in his hand." After the confrontation, Britton and his wife, Kirsta, decided to spend the night at their campsite with their two children rather than risk packing up with the lion still on the loose.

GENEVA, Switzerland– Police divers have ended the reign of terror of a huge fish that was attacking swimmers in a Swiss lake. The zander, was harpooned on Sunday after it bit six swimmers over the weekend, fish warden Fabio Croci told local media. Two swimmers were treated in hospital for bite wounds up to 10 centimetres (four inches) long after being attacked on Lac Majeur. The meat from the captured fish was served up to tourists at the lake. "It is quite unusual for zanders to bite humans," Croci said, adding he suspected the fish was suffering from a hormonal imbalance which could be responsible for its aggression.

YAKIMA, Washington- The Yakima County sheriff's office says a man riding a motorcycle collided with a bear crossing the road, who acted like it had the right of way. The Yakima-area man was taken to a hospital with serious rib injuries. The sheriff's office says the bear did not appear to be hurt and wandered off from the scene. While Greg Grossman lay on the road trying to gather himself he told deputies he saw the bear stare at him, shake his head, snort derisively, and then walk off.

NASSAU, Bahamas- Feral pigs have taken over the beach on Big Major Island. And some tourists have had it. "We didn't come down here to swim with pigs," said Jimmy Krandlehoff of Mason City, Iowa. "We paid a ton of money for this vacation just to end up swimming with pigs." Krandlehoff raises hogs on his Iowa farm.

KISSAPIPPEE, Florida- A family picnic/reunion was disrupted by a determined carp that kept stealing a ball from a large group of frightened children."If it was just once you'd say it was a freak accident but this fish was like an All-American corner back intercepting passes," said Slim Grabbee. "That thing scooted all over the field and just ruined their good time," said the frustrated father.

PISMO BEACH, California- Parsley Abel was surfing away her last summer before college when a shark, thought to be a great white, took a bite out of her board. "Before getting serious and all life-oriented I wanted to have one last good time summer and now it's ruined. No way I go back out in the water and once September comes my life is over," said the local wave rider.

IRON MOUNTAIN, Michigan- A black bear just won't stay out of Sue Frumritter's house and it is hurting her love life. "I've done everything I can think of, but this bear just keeps breaking in, pushing open doors, windows... it just likes being in my house. I have to change my profile on e-harmony to include 'Lives with big hairy room-mate.'"