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Reuters – Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, a judo black belt who last year shot a tiger, Friday demonstrated his softer side by donning a wet suit and tagging a whale.

Reuters – The owner of a popular collection of “high quality” cadavers has sued the manager of an exhibition at New York’s South Street Seaport, seeking to prevent it from taking control of the bodies.

Reuters – Tottenham Hotspur are investigating whether criticism of the Premier League club’s chairman on Darren Bent’s Twitter page were posted by the England forward, a spokesman for the club said Friday.

Reuters – A restaurant owner in southwest Turkey was shot dead after he tried to prevent his customers from smoking to comply with a new law on the use of tobacco indoors, Hurriyet daily said on Thursday.

Reuters – India’s unfancied rugby sevens side must bulk up if they hope to make an impact at next year’s Commonwealth Games, eating seven meals and at least 15 eggs a day, the country’s South African coach said on Friday.

Reuters – A mobile phone lost at sea for four days washed up in perfect condition in Taiwan after drifting 37 km (23 miles) and was discovered by a park lifeguard who tracked down the shocked owner to return it, the finder said on Friday.

Reuters – Fans attending one of the world’s biggest heavy metal festivals in Germany were asked on Thursday to avoid “hugging, kissing on the cheek, and shaking hands” lest they spread the H1N1 influenza.

AP – Police say a western New York tow truck driver was texting on one cell phone while talking on another when he slammed into a car and crashed into a swimming pool.

AP – Police say a Buffalo-area tow truck driver was juggling two cell phones ? texting on one and talking on another ? when he slammed into a car and crashed into a swimming pool. Niagara County sheriff’s deputies say 25-year-old Nicholas Sparks of Burt admitted he was texting and talking when his flatbed truck hit the car Wednesday morning in Lockport.

AP – Alabama’s ban on a wine that features a nude nymph on the label became a business opportunity for a California vintner who is preparing a marketing campaign to capitalize on being “Banned in Bama.”