Friday, Apr. 30, 2010

What is it? Obviously a kitty of some kind, but which? Hint: It lives in South Carolina and has a basketball team named after it.

Enough of the mewing! Some of us are trying to sleep: One day you're just a normal orange kitty living with your mom Zoe and sister at Carolina Wildlife Care in Columbia, S.C. The next day, some demolition crew finds a litter of bobcat kittens in an abandoned home, and suddenly your family room is full of squeaky fluff balls and getting a simple drink of milk becomes a major ordeal. (The bobcat kittens will be nursed by Zoe [not shown] for the next five weeks.)

If you're blue and you don't know where to go ... Polls say British Conservative leader David Cameron (not shown) won the debate with Liberal Democrat Party leader Nick Clegg (left) and Labor's Prime Minister Gordon Brown, but the latter two had better timing.

Diebold machine no work. Maybe chad hanging? Advance balloting has barely begun in Britain's general election, and already some precincts are reporting irregularities. (London Zoo.)

Wax on, but how to get wax off? Dear Click and Clack, there's a buzzing coming from my Honda's left front wheel. Any ideas? (Holland, Mich.)

Acid indigestion: In Fort Jackson, La., Dr. Erica Miller of Tri-State Bird Rescue and Research gives a dose of Pepto-Bismol to a Northern Gannet, a normally white species, the first avian casualty of the massive oil spill in the Gulf. Presumably the Pepto was prescribed to settle any stomachaches caused by swallowing oil.

Don't forget behind the ears: A municipal worker scrubs Soviet WWII hero Marshall Georgy Zhukov in St. Petersburg in advance of the 65th anniversary of Allied Forces' victory May 9.

Actresses and their rolls: Rhonda Burchmore, playing Celia, mistakes pastries for pasties in the hit British stage comedy "Calendar Girls," at the Theatre Royal in Sydney. The play is based on the true story of a group of Yorkshire women who spark a global phenomenon by persuading one another to pose nude for a charity calendar.

The prop puppy: An animal rights activist cuddles a pup she took to a protest against the proposed euthanization of thousands of stray dogs in Bucharest. Officials say 11,000 people were bitten in the capital last year.

Oh great, now how are we going to find Mary's little lamb? He's got to be there somewhere in Plainfield, Vt.

D'eau! Forgot my umbrella: One of the tallest fountains in the world, the Jet d'Eau shoots a stream into the sky, creating a rainbow and soaking passers-by on the shore of Lake Leman in Geneva.

Nope, not a black mamba. Just a stick: The lion cub triplets investigate a potentially deadly adversary in the Bronx Zoo's African Plains habitat.

Stepanov is quick enough: Sergey Stepanov of Russia whips his legs around on the pommel horse at the Pacific Rim Championships in Melbourne.

Want to cool off, don't want to get my head wet: A brown bear goes for a swim on an 82-degree day in Gelsenkirchen, Germany.