A SELF-DESCRIBED “DIAMOND DRILLER” in Britain gets a new wardrobe mandated by the court.

TOP FLITE IS MAKING A BIG CHANGE.  “The Rock Flite ball is dead in 2007″ the makers say.  Callaway, who bought the troubled ball maker 4 years ago, is starting a new campaign for their re-designed budget golf balls.  Think dimples within dimples.  (?….ok)

A CONTINUING AND GROWING PROBLEM in the U.K. is the long delays in ambulance response times.  The EMS systems there are overworked and seemingly short of ambulances.

IN LONG BEACH, CALIF., A RESIDENT of a high-rise apartment leapt from the 18th floor to escape a fire last night.

A HUGE MULCH FIRE IN TEXAS that had been burning for 3 months has finally been put out.  That must have been an awful lot of mulch.  Where did it all come from?

update:  The mulch pile was eight stories high.

…….when the pear trees are in bloom!

BREVARD COUNTY, FLA., POLICE AND FIRE & RESCUE DEPARTMENTS have been pulled off the streets and are assisting the beach patrols.  A persistent on-shore wind over the past two days has created so many rip currents that the beach lifeguards have been overwhelmed with rescues.  Compounding the troubles is the surf bringing in numerous man-o-wars and sharks to further endanger the swimmers.  Orlando Channel 6 has video here.