A Wisconsin man is blaming his recent road rage arrest on mistaken identity.  According to the "Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel," 30-year-old Leonard Litt of Waukesha told police he rammed another vehicle because he thought his dad was in it.  However, it ended up being a 42-year-old woman.  The victim said Litt drove his SUV towards her car multiple times before ramming her three times.  When cops arrived, they found Litt's vehicle abandoned in a parking lot.  Litt was later discovered hiding in a tree.  Cops say his blood-alcohol level was nearly three times the legal limit.  Litt has been charged with felony first-degree recklessly endangering safety and misdemeanor hit-and-run.

A New York woman's knowledge of computers and a remote control program has resulted in the arrest of two burglary suspects.  The "Journal News" reports the unnamed victim from White Plains had her laptop stolen last month, along with several other hi-tech gadgets.  Last week, one of the victim's friends called to tell her that his computer showed she was online.  The woman, who works at a local Apple store, used a remote program called "Back to My Mac" to access her stolen computer.  She was able to snap pictures of the suspects with her computer's webcam and turned in the photos to police.  Two men were arrested in connection with the burglary, and most of the items were recovered.  Police said, quote, "Our victim did a phenomenal job." 

A British writer says winning the Nobel Literature Prize has been a "disaster" for her career.  According to "BBC News," Doris Lessing has been unable to write again since winning the prestigious award.  She blames the problem on the massive number of interviews she's given after her win last year.  Eighty-eight-year-old Lessing adds, quote, "This is why I keep telling anyone younger than me, don't imagine you'll have it forever."  Lessing, who has written dozens of books since 1950, is best known for "The Golden Notebook" and "The Good Terrorist."  Ironically, she was told back in the 1960s that the Nobel Academy's judges didn't like her work and that she'd never win the award.

An Ohio woman got a few unwanted souvenirs on a recent trip to Florida.  The "Sun-Sentinel" newspaper reports Debbie Shoemaker needed around 20 stitches when a pelican dive-bombed her in the Gulf of Mexico.  The 50-year-old woman vacations in Florida about twice a year and was staying in a beach community near Treasure Island.  She has since returned home to Ohio.  The pelican did not escape the collision without injury.  It died shortly after.  Experts say the bird was diving for fish and accidently hit Shoemaker.

About 600 students Wisconsin students got some unexpected honors, thanks to a math mistake.  Sun Prairie High School officials say a calculation error more than doubled the number of students who made the third-quarter honor roll.  A district official apparently used the wrong grade-point average to figure out who made it and that didn't work out so well.  While about 690 students should have made the list, instead, over 13-hundred students were placed on the honor roll.  That put about four-out-of-five Sun Prairie students on the list.

If you were stingy with your mom this Mother's Day, you may want to rethink it.  According to financial advisor Ric Edelman's Annual Mother's Day Index, the job-market value of what a mom does is nearly 803-thousand-dollars annually.  The sum is a total of the median annual salary for each of the 17 key occupations that a mom typically does, including chef, animal caretaker, bus driver, social worker, housekeeper and financial manager.  The total of the 17 average annual salaries in 2008 is 802-thousand-690-dollars, an increase of nearly 29-thousand-dollars over last year.  Edelman has been compiling the Mother's Day Index since 1999.  He says that the value of mothers over the past decade has increased at twice the rate of inflation.
  
Here is a list of the Mother's Day Index occupations and their annual salaries:   

1. Animal Caretaker - 29-thousand-920 dollars
2. Chef - 37-thousand-880 dollars
3. Computer Systems Analyst - 72-thousand-230 dollars
4. Financial Manager - 101-thousand-450 dollars
5. Food/Beverage Service Worker - 19-thousand-360 dollars
6. General Office Clerk - 25-thousand-200 dollars
7. Registered Nurse - 59-thousand-730 dollars
8. Management Analyst - 77-thousand-270 dollars
9. Child Care Worker - 18-thousand-820 dollars
10. Housekeeper - 18-thousand-700 dollars
11. Psychologist - 66-thousand-110 dollars
12. Bus Driver - 33-thousand-050 dollars
13. Elementary School Principal - 79-thousand-200 dollars
14. Dietitian/Nutritionist - 47-thousand-890 dollars
15. Property Manager - 52-thousand-290 dollars
16. Social Worker - 40-thousand-640 dollars
17. Recreation Worker - 22-thousand-950 dollars

If you want to stay at the best for your summer vacation this year, this may help.  Online travel company Expedia has compiled a list of the world's best hotels from a group of nearly 80-thousand properties worldwide.  The criteria for those on the list included value and service, and also took into consideration reviews by Expedia customers who have stayed at the hotels.  Number one overall on Expedia's list of the world's best hotels is the Sofitel Chicago Water Tower in Chicago, Illinois.  The number one hotel in Asia, according to Expedia, is the Cerulean Tower Tokyu Hotel in Tokyo, Japan.  The number one hotel in Europe is The Knight Residence in Edinburgh, Scotland.  Expedia's top resort worldwide honor goes to the JW Marriott Cancun Resort & Spa in Cancun, Mexico.

 

Today in 1965, the Soviet spacecraft Luna 5 crashed on the moon.  Here are some facts about the mission:

FACT:  Luna 5 was the second Soviet spacecraft to reach the surface of the moon.  Luna 2 was the first in 1959.

FACT:   Luna 5 is one of more than 60 man-made objects currently on the moon.  The Soviets account for over 30-percent of those objects, while the U.S. is responsible for more than 65-percent.

FACT:  Luna 5 crashed into a spot on the moon known as the Sea of Clouds.  It is not an actual sea, but a plain created by volcanic eruptions.

FACT:  The mission prior to Luna 5, dubbed "Luna 4," missed the moon by over 51-hundred miles.