A Tulsa, Okla., man who won a 1957 contest that asked participants what the population of the city would be in 2007 is no longer among the living, and the prizes will pass to relatives.

Family of Raymond E. Humbertson are entitled to a 1957 Plymouth Belvedere, not worth much as it was stored in a water-damaged vault, along with a $100 savings bond.

Humbertson guessed 384,743 would live in Tulsa in 2007. The Census had it at 382,457.

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Saudi authorities have issued a new blow to women’s rights in its country – they now won’t allow men and women to work together in bank headquarters.

“We are gutted. The flow of business will be ridiculous and we will not be able to attend important meetings, which will significantly hamper our career development,” said one Saudi female banker.

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Elephants and humans are crossing paths more than ever in Bangladesh as rising people populations are causing the pachyderm’s forest habitats to decrease in size.

Officials just reported yesterday that a herd of wild elephants strayed into a village, obliterated 10 bamboo houses and trampled two little brothers to death.

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Moscow visitors and citizens have a new site to visit: a 1950s nuclear bomb shelter, according to a newspaper report.

The Tagansky Underground Command Center is now open for folks who make advance appointments to see the communications complex that was created to withstand an atomic blast, said the Los Angeles Times.

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The Beijing airport has strung up nets and hooked up loudspeakers blaring owl hoots in its bid to scare off pigeons.

Flocks of the troublesome birds have been colliding with planes and causing a general nuisance, officials said. The airport has declared war on the winged troublemakers, even though raising carrier pigeons is a centuries-old local hobby.

“Pigeons are now one of the greatest threats for airplanes,” airport manager Huang Jianjun told the China Daily.”