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AN AMOROUS couple who took to sea in a dinghy sparked a major rescue operation when their lovemaking was mistaken for cries for help. Police and lifeboat crews were scrambled to waters off Torbay, Devon, after a passer-by raised the alarm. When they reached the tiny boat, the rescuers realised nobody was in danger - but the man and woman on board were naked. A police spokesman said the couple put their clothes back on after returning to the shore and were given "words of advice".

A boat party in an exclusive area of Long Island Sunday night was interrupted - when a severed human hand mysteriously dropped out of the sky onto the deck of a boat, police said yesterday.

New York police are searching for the owner of a severed human hand that dropped from the sky on to the deck of a boat. The incident happened near the Lawrence Village Marina, on Long Island, where parties were taking place on a number of craft. Police said the human hand mysteriously dropped out of the sky and hit the deck of one of the boats, says the New York Post. Nassau Detective Sgt. John Azzata, said: "One owner was in the cabin when he heard a noise, goes out to check and finds the hand on the rear deck...

Fined for slapping woman’s buttocks HONG KONG: American sailor was fined for slapping a woman on the bottom a day after he arrived in Hong Kong aboard the aircraft carrier USS Constellation, it was reported yesterday. Petty officer Salinas Gilbert, 21, was fined HK$2,000 (RM976) and ordered to pay another HK$1,000 compensation to the woman. He was found guilty of smacking her buttocks on Nov 23 while she was leaning against railings on the seaside promenade in the tourist area of Tsim Sha Tsui with her boyfriend. The court heard that Gilbert told the woman's boyfriend after catching him, “I...