A young mom’s life has forever changed — because she’s suddenly become allergic to water.

Michaela Dutton, 21, of Birmingham, England, drinks only diet soda and can shower for just 10 seconds at a time.

Worst of all, she can hold her 3-year-old son, Mitchell, only briefly when he cries because she might come into contact with his sweat, tears and saliva.

The allergy affects just 1 in 230 million people — and, as yet, there is no treatment.

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The leader of a Mexican drug cartel has told cops he tried to run his business well — by urging his employees to avoid drugs.

Rafael CedeÑo — who was busted Saturday — has been accused of ordering the killing of a rival and operating prostitution rings of young girls.

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Paging Monsieur Bloomberg.

The group that manages ads on Paris’ subway system is under fire for censoring the image of a pipe smoked by one of French cinema’s favorite comic characters, fearing it would violate laws banning ads for tobacco. The tobacco-free Mr. Hulot has been roundly ridiculed in the Paris press.

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It’s the even Greater Wall of China.

The world’s most famous wall is 180 miles longer than previously thought. The extra miles were uncovered using modern mapping techniques, including GPS, to locate portions of the wall covered over by sandstorms over the past 2,000 years. The wall spans nearly 4,000 miles.

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It’s just the ticket for fans of teams that stink.

A German soccer team voluntarily refunded the tickets of 600 fans who traveled to a road game, only to watch their club get shut out.

“By refunding the cost of admission . . . [we] would like to apologize for the pitiful performance,” the team manager said. Dan Mangan, Wire Services