Reporter covers China quake in wedding dress

Chen Ying interviews people in her wedding dress

Chen Ying, a reporter of a local Chinese TV station,was getting her make-up done at a local photographic studio ahead of her wedding ceremony when the powerful earthquake hit the city of Ya'an.

The bride sprung into action and started to interview people on the street - without initially realising the full extent of the disaster.

"I am standing at the Holiday Plaza. Fifteen minutes ago, a strong quake struck."But there haven't been casualties in this area where I am standing," she said in her piece to camera.

"Our residents in Ya'an have taken effective measures to prevent damages. I hope our city will be safe."

Ms Chen, who appeared on air wearing her wedding dress and veil, went viral online, with many viewers calling her the "most beautiful bride in the world". After conducting 10 minutes of interviews on the street, Ms Chen continued with her wedding - and went back to work after the brief ceremony. The Ya'an quake killed at least 186 people and injured more than 11,000 as well as leaving two dozen missing.

Whale vomit, a fortune

It was his lucky day! Unemployed 48-year-year old Ken Wilman was walking along the beach with his boxer Madge in Morecambe, Lancashire, England when he came across this valuable fortune.

Although it was the vomit of a whale it was worth a fortune because the substance in question is a lump of a rare substance known as ambergris. This substance, which has a waxy texture and is yellow in colour - is produced in the digestive systems of sperm whales and is an ingredient used in some perfumes.

Wilman initially did not know what the substance was, but once he got home and ran a quick search on the Internet, he discovered exactly how valuable the ambergris could be. One French dealer has reportedly already offered him 50,000 euros (approximately $68,000) for the vomit, but according to the records the ambergris could fetch more than $150,000, depending upon its freshness. Whales sometimes cat out ambergris, which floats on water and has been highly prized for centuries. It is used in perfume-making for the musky fragrance it acquires as it ages.

Last August, an eight-year-old British boy named Charles Naysmith found a lump of ambergris near his home in Christchurch, New Zealand. The chunk of the substance weighed 600 grams and was worth a reported $60,000.

Dog eats $500

Wayne Klinkel and his wife went to enjoy a Christmas dinner in Denver leaving their pet dog in the car.

While the Klinkels were enjoying their meal their Golden retriever Sundance was feasting on the cash he found in the car which belongs to Wayne. It was $500 in $100 notes and also there was a $1 note in the wallet.

Sundance ate all of the notes - but left the $1 bill untouched

The 12-year-old pet dog ate all of the notes - except the $1 bill.

A determined Mr Klinkel said he donned rubber gloves and followed Sundance around the backyard as he went about his "business".

Mr Klinkel said he collected fragments from the droppings, and his daughter, who he was visiting in Denver, later found more when the snow melted.

Mr Klinkel, from the town of Helena, washed and bleached the remnants of the bills and sent them taped together to the Treasury Department in hopes of having them replaced.

That process could take up to two years, Mr Klinkel told the Independent Record, the newspaper he works for.

"Sundance may have eaten my money, but what he took he gives back in unconditional love," he said.

Mr Klinkel also told the paper he was embarrassed by all the attention he had received. "I got a call today from a guy I knew 20 years ago and he said he hasn't stopped laughing about it," he said.