Hilton’s pet problem
Socialite and heiress Paris Hilton is being investigated by the Los Angeles Department of Animal Services after she boasted on a television show that she owns more than 17 pets.

Hilton was speaking on The Ellen DeGeneres Show about the many dogs she owns without knowing that it is illegal to have more than three dogs at any non-kennel, non-breeder, residential address in Los Angeles, contactmusic.com said. The animal services department said on its website that its officials visited Hilton’s house after animal rights organisations complained about her. Hilton and her pets were not at home when the officials went there.

A kleptomaniac actress
Hollywood actress Bai Ling was arrested on Wednesday at the Los Angeles International Airport for allegedly shoplifting two celebrity magazines and two packets of batteries from a shop there, AP reports from Los Angeles.
The items in question had a total value of US$ 16, Sgt Jim Holcomb said. The 41-year-old actor was detained by a store employee who summoned police. Ling has appeared in such films as The Crow and Anna and the King and in the television series Lost.

8,000 kids hug for record
More than 8,000 children participated in the planet’s biggest hug on Valentine’s Day here in Parque Tolteca, a suburb of the northern metropolis of Monterrey (Mexico) to set a Guinness world record, EFE reports on Friday. Maria Olivia Chu, a government representative, confirmed the participation of 8,402 children.

"We broke the previous Guinness record held by the city of Chihuahua," said Guadalupe Mayor Cristina Diaz Salazar. She said the embrace was organised to "promote values of love and friendship".