MAPLEWOOD, Minn. (AP) - All the world's a stage at some of Minnesota's bars. A new state ban on smoking in restaurants and other nightspots contains an exception for performers in theatrical productions.

AP - A man in Prince George, British Columbia, thought he had the perfect way to propose to his high school sweetheart. Instead of popping the question on a moonlit Caribbean beach this week, though, Aaron Tkachuk, 24, wound up popping the question to Jennifer Rubadeau, also 24, at an airport security screening station.

AP - Two fortune cookies helped Tulsa police make an arrest after a pair of break-ins Chinese restaurants. Terrence Middleton, 30, was booked Friday on charges of second-degree burglary and attempted second-degree burglary after police responded to a burglar alarm to find him with more than $20 in coins and the cookies in his pockets, Officer Leland Ashley said.

By John Rogers SOUTH PASADENA -- What the $%#? This community on the edge of Los Angeles has become a cuss-free zone.

Italy's highest appeal court says that married Italian women who commit adultery can lie about it in legal cases.

BLOG: Have a load of internet nonsense for the weekend because we want to go and drink beer now.

Reuters - At least 33 pilots in Canada, including some flying large commercial airliners, have complained about being flashed in the eyes by bright lights that could be lasers, officials said on Thursday.

Reuters - A patient was told there was no reason why he couldn't have surgery in a hospital, despite the smell caused by a dead rodent trapped in the building's ceiling.

Reuters - The normally taciturn Bob Dylan was moved to words on Thursday night when a young Brazilian woman rushed on stage and hugged him during a concert in Sao Paulo.

Reuters - Italian referee Mauro Bergonzi was sent into hiding by police after thugs tried to attack someone he looked like, the head of the country's referees' association has said.

A monk is caught trying to steal erotic movies from a sex shop. Turns out it wasn't the first time he'd done, either.

Rustlers are going after livestock in the West. However, these thieves aren't after meat-on-the-hoof, but bees-on-the-wing.

150 young women raced down Amsterdam's most famed fashion street in stiletto heels Thursday.

150 young women raced down Amsterdam's most famed fashion street in stiletto heels Thursday.

150 young women raced down Amsterdam's most famed fashion street in stiletto heels Thursday.

150 young women raced down Amsterdam's most famed fashion street in stiletto heels Thursday.

150 young women raced down Amsterdam's most famed fashion street in stiletto heels Thursday.

150 young women raced down Amsterdam's most famed fashion street in stiletto heels Thursday.

150 young women raced down Amsterdam's most famed fashion street in stiletto heels Thursday.

150 young women raced down Amsterdam's most famed fashion street in stiletto heels Thursday.