Some people keep guinea pigs or hamsters as pets.

But in Cuba, where a larger, more exotic rodent runs wild, Ana Pedraza and her husband prefer the hutia.

Britain's film classification board said Wednesday it has removed a warning that the new "Paddington" movie contains "mild sex references" after the creator of the much-loved children's character expressed shock at the advice.

Michael Bond, the 88-year-old author of the books charting the adventures of the marmalade-loving bear, said he was "totally amazed" at any suggestion of sexual content in the film, in which he has a cameo.

Alaska State Troopers say they have detained a man suspected of stealing women's underwear during burglaries in Kodiak.

KTUU-TV (http://bit.ly/1Hfj6rF ) reports an 18-year-old was taken into custody Monday. Online court records early Tuesday didn't indicate he had been formally charged.

An Irish bull destined for the slaughterhouse because he appears to be gay has been saved following a campaign supported by the co-creator of "The Simpsons", animal rights activists said Tuesday.

Benjy's failure to inseminate even one of a herd of cows in which he was mixing rendered him useless on his County Mayo farm, and the farmer decided to send him to the abattoir.

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday invoked a famous quote by Prohibition-era gangster Al Capone on the benefits of packing a gun as he inspected a display of military hardware.

Putin was touring an exhibition of military vehicles in Moscow and spotted a label jokingly calling them "polite vehicles".

The male co-host of an Australian TV program is finally getting some attention for his fashion sense. And that's his point.

Karl Stefanovic wore the same blue suit every day for a year on Channel Nine's "Today" program. And no one noticed until he went public with his hidden-in-plain-sight experiment.

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi injected some humor into his address to Australia's parliament on Tuesday, using the term "shirtfront" to make fun of his host while also talking cricket.

Modi's official visit, the first by an Indian leader in 28 years, follows on from Prime Minister Tony Abbott's hosting of G20 world leaders in Brisbane on the weekend.

Police say an 18-year-old Maine man has been arrested after allegedly breaking into two homes while naked, at about the same time his own home was destroyed in a fire.

Logan Valle (VAL'-ee) faces charges including burglary, theft and attempted theft.

A Utah woman says she encountered only brief resistance when she recently had her driver's license photo taken while wearing a colander on her head as a religious statement.

Asia Lemmon, whose legal name appears on her driver's license as Jessica Steinhauser, said the pasta strainer represents her beliefs in the satirical Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster.

Australia arranged a warm and fuzzy welcome for the world's most powerful leaders at this weekend's G20 summit with a campaign dubbed "koala diplomacy", in which top politicians cuddled the shy native marsupials.

There may have been sharp differences during policy discussions but G20 leaders were unanimous in their desire to be photographed with the furry grey animals, which were brought in from a local wildlife park for the summit.