The big catch
Six friends, who took part in a fishing tournament looking to catch some grouper, ending up catching an 844-pound shark instead, AP reports from Mexico City.

It was made a record for the decades-old Destin Fishing Rodeo. ”It was tense,” Bruner, 47, said about the fight to land the shark. “It was like Jaws”.

King of the quips
Playwright Oscar Wilde, who even managed to mutter on his death bed “Either those curtains go or I do”, was named in a poll as Britain;s greatest wit, AP reports from London. He captured 20 per cent of the vote, just two points ahead of Spike Milligan, who had engraved on his tombstone the epitaph “I told you I was ill.”

Chinatown’s belly 
Archeologists have found evidence of secret tunnels running beneath Chinatown, AP reports. The tunnels were a hub of gambling and prostitution.