Safes Packed With Money Wash Up In Japan – There are no cars inside the parking garage at Ofunato police headquarters. Instead, hundreds of dented metal safes, swept out of homes and businesses by last month’s tsunami, crowd the long rectangular building. Any one could hold someone’s life savings. Safes are washing up along the tsunami-battered coast, and police are trying to find their owners — a unique problem in a country where many people, especially the elderly, still stash their cash at home. [yahoo]

Zuma’s Libyan Solution Lasted Less Than 24 Hours – An African Union (AU) bid to halt Libya’s civil war, led by South Africa’s President Jacob Zuma, collapsed within hours on Monday after Muammar Gaddafi’s forces shelled a besieged city and rebels said there could be no deal unless he was toppled. Nice, well done, guys. [mail&guardian]

Cricket World Record Of 15 Sixes – Hampshire might have benefited from Shane Watson’s services as their pursuit of an unlikely target of 490 ended in an honourable draw. The Australian all-rounder, who spent part of the 2004 and 2005 seasons on the south coast – and signed off his second stay with an unbeaten double hundred – smashed a world record in Mirpur yesterday, hitting 15 sixes in an astonishing innings of 185 not out from just 96 deliveries. [independent]

Two Arrested Under France’s New Burka Ban – French police arrested two veiled women yesterday morning just hours after the country’s new ban on wearing the burka in public came into force. The women were arrested along with several other people protesting in front of Notre Dame cathedral in Paris against the new law. Jourrnalists at the scene said the arrests came after police moved in to break up the protest which had not been authorised. [telegraph]

World’s Most Expensive Afternoon Tea At £550 Per Couple – Recently, the von Essen’s Amberley Castle luxury hotel in West Sussex introduced the world’s most expensive first date package ever for £45,000 per couple, and now, von Essen’s Cliveden hotel in Berkshire is offering the world’s most expensive afternoon tea, priced at £550 ($900) per couple. [bornrich]

Newsweek Catches Up With Gaddafi’s Famous Nurse – “I was just 21 when I went to work for Muammar Gaddafi. Like the other young women he hired as nurses, I had grown up in Ukraine. I didn’t speak a word of Arabic, didn’t even know the difference between Lebanon and Libya. But “Papik,” as we nicknamed him—it means “little father” in Russian—was always more than generous to us. I had everything I could dream of..” More [dailybeast]

Louboutin Sues YSL Over Red Soles – French footwear star Christian Louboutin has filed suit against rival Yves Saint-Laurent in New York, alleging a deceitful use of red soles on YSL‘s women’s shoes. The million-dollar suit for “trademark infringement, unfair competition and false designation of origin” filed on Thursday in Manhattan claims Louboutin was the first to come up with the idea of a scarlet sole on its luxury heels. [luxuo]

Egypt Sentences Blogger To Three Years – An Egyptian blogger was sentenced Monday to three years in prison for criticizing the military in what human rights advocates called one of the more alarming violations of freedom of expression since a popular uprising led to the ouster of President Hosni Mubarak two months ago. The blogger, Maikel Nabil, 25, had assailed the Egyptian armed forces for what he called its continuation of the corruption and anti-democratic practices of Mr. Mubarak. [newyorktimes]

Benicio del Toro Is Having A Baby With Rod Stewart’s Daughter – Kimberly Stewart is expecting Benicio del Toro’s baby. “Kimberly is pregnant. Benicio is the father and is very supportive,” his rep has confirmed. “Although they are not a couple, they are looking forward to the arrival of the baby.” Stewart, 31, has worked as an actress and model and is the daughter of rocker Rod Stewart, while del Toro, 44, is best known for his award-winning turns in such films as 2000’s Traffic, 2003’s 21 Grams and 2008’s Che. [people]

Carl Lewis Runs For Senator (Get it?) – Olympic track superstar Carl Lewis jumped into a race for New Jersey state Senate on Monday, saying he wanted to help struggling children, families and seniors in the region where he grew up. Lewis, 49, announced that he will be running as a Democrat to challenge incumbent Republican Senator Dawn Addiego in the heavily Republican area about 25 miles east of Philadelphia. [reuters]

Galliano Taunted At LAX Airport – Ex-Dior fashion designer John Galliano — who was fired after launching into a drunken anti-Semitic rant back in February — arrived at LAX yesterday … where HE was on the receiving end of a verbal attack for a change. As John got off his plane, a random photographer (not a TMZ guy) — shouted at Galliano, “F**king racist.” [tmz]

Steve Jobs Authorized Biography Hits Shelves 2012 – Apple CEO Steve Jobs has finally agreed to participate in a book about his life. Simon & Schuster announced Sunday that Walter Isaacson’s “iSteve: The Book of Jobs” will be published in early 2012. Isaacson has been working on the long-rumored biography since 2009 and has interviewed Jobs, members of his family, colleagues at Apple and competitors. [associated]

‘Exploding UFOs And Alien Landings’ in Secret FBI Files– A declassified document from 1949 tells how three men, on patrols miles apart, each reported seeing a UFO break up over mountains north of Salt Lake City. Their extraordinary accounts were sent to Edgar Hoover, the director of the FBI, in a memo titled “Flying Discs”. [telegraph]

Reese Witherspoon Vogue Interview – On March 26, Reese Witherspoon was married to talent manager Jim Toth in a simple, elegant affair at her ranch in Ojai, California. Vogue’s Jonathan Van Meter spoke to the actress a few months before her wedding and discovered that, although the actress learned to ride an elephant for her role in the film, that’s nothing compared to balancing fame, love, and family. [vogue]

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