Why-Worst Song but still 29 million hits (Rebecca Black's song)

SONG by a girl of 13 has become a web sensation after it was branded the worst tune ever recorded.Rebecca Black’s pop song, Friday, has racked up more than 29 million views on YouTube.But critics have slammed the lyrics and the video.

Part of the chorus goes: “Yesterday was Thursday Thursday, today it is Friday Friday, gotta get down to the bus stop, gotta get my bus, I see my friends.”

The song was produced by Los Angeles-based Ark Music Factory, which says its goal is to discover future No1 stars.But Rebecca, from California, may have the last laugh as her song is now on iTunes and is climbing the charts.

What-Apple under fire over iPhone and iPad application that 'cures' gay people

COMPUTER firm Apple has approved an iPhone and iPad application which claims to 'cure' gay people. The app, called Exodus International, is targeted at 'homosexual strugglers' and teaches them that gay people have a choice about their sexuality.

Its makers claim the app gives them a chance of 'freedom from homosexuality through the power of Jesus'.The free programme, which is available in Britain, was given four out of five stars by Apple, which means it is deemed to have 'no objectionable content'.

But the computing giant is now under pressure after gay rights campaigners started a petition to have it withdrawn.U.S. Pressure group Change.org said that Exodus' claims are 'hateful and bigoted' and send out an appalling message.

Strange-Waitress has a phobia of tomatoes, but loves ketchup

She runs at the sight of one, which can be pretty tricky when someone orders a salad.

‘If there a tomato on my plate I will not go anywhere near it, I can’t even look at it,’ said the 22- year-old of Southampton.

‘One time, a friend filled up my pockets with a few tomatoes for a joke and they got squashed – I cried my eyes out. Another time, my boss made me close my eyes. She told me she had a present for me and put a tomato in my hand.

‘I just ran out of the restaurant. I couldn’t work for the rest of the day.'Her fear of tomatoes – called Lycopersicoa phobia – doesn’t extend to ketchup, as she loves the stuff.

Psychologist Peter Hayward has 25 years’ experience treating phobias but was stumped by Kayleigh’s problem.

Stupid-Man jailed after bringing beer to DWI hearing

A New York man is being held in jail after showing up an hour and a half late for a court hearing on a felony DWI charge — he was also drunk and carrying an open can of Busch beer, authorities say. Keith Gruber, 49, is in Sullivan County Jail without bail. He was allegedly carrying four more beer cans in a bag when he went through the courthouse security check on Monday.The Middletown Times Herald-Record reported that Gruber, from Swan Lake, appeared before Sullivan County Judge Frank LaBuda, who asked him if he enjoyed his "liquid lunch." Gruber said he did, then said he was sorry. LaBuda sent him to jail with no bail. "It was obvious that he was intoxicated," LaBuda said according to the Herald-Record.Gruber, who has prior DWI convictions, was arrested on Dec. 27 in the town of Liberty and had been out on $30,000 cash bail before this week's unfortunate court appearance.

Wow-Caterpillars force plane down at Brisbane airport

GREEN caterpillars have been blamed for forcing a plane down shortly after take-off at Brisbane Airport in January.

An aviation report lodged with the Australian Transport Safety Bureau shows the 20-seater Dornier-Werke plane experienced problems with onboard equipment 46 kilometres from the airport on January 27.The plane returned to Brisbane and landed safely without injury to anyone on board.An engineering inspection found several green caterpillars in the pressure-sensitive instruments.An ATSB spokesman said the incident would not be further investigated for financial reasons."We're only resourced to undertake so many investigations a year," he said.Jim Carden, from the Brisbane Airport Corporation, said he could not recall a similar incident.

 Bank robber tried to open an account first

RAIDER Daniel Rahynes was caught after he showed ID to open an account then robbed the bank in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania