yesterday was a ...

Good Day for a man with eight fingers, from Sydney, who has been reunited with the two fingers he lost in an accident with a circular saw 25 years ago. The two mummified fingers were found in a pile of wallpaper in a house scheduled for demolition. They were given to the police who tracked down their previous owner.

Bad Day for alligators, with the refusal of the Governor of Hawaii to ban alligator wrestling. Opponents of the show, in which a trainer wrestles a 300lb alligator, say it "places the people of Honolulu in physical and financial jeopardy." The state agriculture department says proper procedures have been followed.