A worker in New Jersey died Monday evening after falling into a 500-gallon, 20-foot-deep stainless steel mixer. Plant officials believe the worker was looking through an inspection hole at the top of the vat when he fell in.

Tammy Lynn Price of Farmington, Missouri, is accused of stealing the gavel from the judge overseeing her case. Price, who was in court facing a drug charge, denied involvement, but a male friend said she did it.

Hill’s Pet Nutrition is sending 30,000 pounds of Science Diet dog food to be made available free at an Army and Air Force Exchange Service site near Baghdad. The donation comes after the company received an e-mail sent by a local Army Reserve captain. The food will be used to feed 13 Iraqi Police Academy dogs and other US military canines in the area.

An entry for a toilet brush with the warning, “Do not use for personal hygiene” won first prize in the eighth annual Wacky Warning Label Contest. Second prize was awarded for a label on a children’s scooter that said, “This product moves when used.”

A man serving a life sentence for murder was sentenced to three additional years in prison for felony possession of contraband, cheese sandwiches, while in jail. Second-degree assault and attempted second-degree assault charges against Wilson were dropped in exchange for the contraband guilty plea.

A man pled guilty to two counts after being charged with tossing vomit on a couple, ruining their clothes. The defendant said the substance was only flour and water but the man and woman said it smelt of vomit and the substance would not come off their clothes.

Scientists at the University of the West of England have developed a robot that powers itself by catching and eating flies. The carniverous robot, named EcoBot II, uses human sewage as bait to catch the insects.