CAPE TOWN, South Africa – (AP) Visitors to South Africa's premier holiday destination who are worried about becoming victims of the country's high crime rate could find themselves instead robbed by a more furry kind of felon: baboons.

The cheeky primates have learned how to open car doors and jump through windows in pursuit of tasty sandwiches and snacks. City officials are battling to control the increasingly aggressive troupes and there are fears the problem will only worsen with the influx of visitors to Cape Town during the World Cup next year.

On Tuesday, a troupe of 29 baboons raided four cars outside Simon's Town, a small coastal neighborhood. A baboon dubbed "Fred," the leader of the group, opened unlocked doors and jumped through windows to search for food. He ransacked a bag in the back seat of a red car as a couple panicked about their passports. A girl screamed nearby as a baboon hopped into her car through a back window. Others climbed on car roofs and hoods, looking for ways inside.
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Paralympian Kurt Fearnley dragged himself through an airport and onto the plane after the airline made him check his wheelchair.

Jetstar, a budget offshoot of Qantas airline, has offered an apology for any "embarrassment and hurt" that was caused by the incident, a story by FOXNews.com said. Jetstar told FOX that it followed its policy for passengers in wheelchairs, and offered to push Fearnley in an airline wheelchair that is easier to steer on the plane. But Fearnley, who has won gold medals in two paraolympics, refused, saying for the able-bodied it "would be having your legs tied together, your pants pulled down and be carried or pushed through an airport," the story said.

Jetstar told Fearnley they are working on an alternative boarding procedure for disabled passengers, the story said.

LOS ANGELES -- (AP) Federal officials say they arrested a man who strapped 15 live lizards to his chest to get through customs at Los Angeles International Airport.

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service said Friday that 40-year-old Michael Plank of Lomita, Calif., was returning from Australia when U.S. Customs agents found two geckos, two monitor lizards and 11 skinks - another type of lizard - fastened to his body Tuesday. Plank has been released on $10,000 bond and will be arraigned in federal court on Dec. 21.

Authorities say the lizards' value totals more than $8,500. All Australian reptiles are strictly regulated and Plank did not have a permit for them.

A Las Vegas gambler who lost $112 million in a year is suing casino Caesars Palace, claiming the staff took advantage of him by supplying him with alcohol and drugs.

Terry Watanabe 52, said he lived at Caesars Palace for six months, gambling nonstop on the roulette wheel and slot machines, a story by the Telegraph reported. After a losing streak and running up around $15 million in debt, he was charged with theft, the story said. Watanabe has pleaded not guilty and filed a counter-suit against the parent company Harrah's for fraud, breach of contract, conspiracy and negligence, the story said.

Watanabe also alleges that casino staff gave him prescription painkillers and an unlimited alcoholic beverages, which "rendered him utterly intoxicated and unfit to gamble," the story said. Harrah's denies any wrong doing, and they stand by their long history of "responsible and ethical practices," the story said.

If you plan on bringing Thanksgiving leftovers home in your carry-on luggage on the plane, the Transportation Safety Administration wants you to think again.

TSA has issued a statement reminding passengers that leftovers such as mashed potatoes and cranberry sauce will not be allowed on flights. Why? TSA considers them both liquids, a story by WTOP explains.

Anything spreadable has to be stowed away below the plane, the story said, and that includes everything from gravy to salsa. For a complete list of items not allowed this holiday season, check TSA's Web site.

A flight attendant who alleges she was injured by superstars Jennifer Lopez and husband Marc Anthony's dog is suing the couple for damages.

Floyd, a German Shepherd, accompanied the couple aboard a flight in 2006, where it growled and lunged at stewardess Lisa Wilson, according to a story by the New York Daily News. The suit contends Floyd headbutted Wilson's leg, causing her to fall and seriously injure her back, the story said.

Experts believe that Anthony knew about the dog's aggressive nature, and should have taken him to counseling, the story said.

Three Vietnam Airlines flight attendants have been suspended for allegedly stealing money from a passenger's handbag.

The passenger told airline officials that he put a handbag with $12,088.92 (VND200 million) in the luggage compartment, but when the plane landed at Dong Hoi in Quang Binh Province, the money was gone, a story by News.com.au said. After the passenger complained, the flight attendants searched for the money as the plane continued to Ho Chi Minh City. They they found the bag under a seat that did not belong to the passenger, the story said.

Three flight attendants were arrested at a South Korean airport, but airline officials are awaiting an official finding before deciding what action to take against the employees, the story said.

Finnair, Finland's largest airline, is offering free plastic surgery as part of its loyalty rewards program.

Passengers can earn enough points to get a hair replacement, breast augmentation, or a facelift from Nordstroem Hospital in Helsinki as part of the Finnair Loyalty Plus service, a story by the Hurriyet Daily News said. A breast augmentation would cost 3.18 million miles, which would be the equivalent of 120 round-trip business class trips from Helsinki to New York, the story said, while a facelift would require 4.64 million miles.

Finnair added plastic surgery to its list of rewards a month ago, the story said. About 1.3 million fliers are enrolled in the rewards program.

BOSTON -- (AP) A Scottish man is facing charges after the Philadelphia-to-London flight he was on made an unscheduled stop in Boston because he was allegedly being belligerent and disruptive. A spokesman for Logan International Airport says John Alexander Murray of Glasgow was arrested shortly after US Airways Flight 728 landed at around 11 p.m. Monday. The plane departed for London two hours later.

Prosecutors say the 50-year-old Murray was belligerent and disruptive after being asked repeatedly by the crew to stop blocking the aisle. He is scheduled to be arraigned Tuesday in East Boston District Court on a charge of interfering with a flight crew.

US Airways spokesman Todd Lehmacher says the pilot decided to land in Boston and have Murray removed "in the interest of safety."

A British man was arrested at Rio de Janeiro airport for trying to smuggle 1,000 live spiders out of Brazil in his luggage.

The unnamed pet shop owner was taken into custody after security X-ray's revealed hundreds of spiders, including tarantulas, in two of the man's suitcases, a story by BBC News said. It is believed he wanted to sell the spiders in his pet shop, the story said.

The man is free on bond, but unable to leave the country. He is facing up to a year in jail and a maximum fine of up to $2.3 million. The spiders were taken to a museum in Rio's federal university.

Low-cost Irish airline Ryanair has launched its annual charity calendar featuring scantily-clad female staff as models.

The airline is hoping to raise more than $150,000 with the 2010 calendar, and all proceeds will go to KIDS, an organization that provides support for disabled children and their families across Britain, a story by the Telegraph reported. Although the airline has been accused of "sexualizing" the airline industry, this is the third year for the calendar. So far, the calendars have raised close to $500,000 for charity, according to the airline Web site.

A spokesman for Ryanair told the Telegraph that 800 of the 4,000 cabin crew members applied to be in the calendar. It will be sold on flights and on the airline's Web site.

Hundreds of police are being drafted to enforce a ban on the long-held tradition of playing football on Rio de Janeiro's beaches.

The ban, which begins on December 1 and will continue throughout the summer, is part of a campaign to keep crime down during the South American summer, a story by the Telegraph said. But the crackdown has caused controversy. "It's absurd," Gustavo Segala told the Telegraph. "Playing football on the beach is part of our culture."

It's so popular to play soccer on the beach, that soccer school recruiters come to the beach to find the next big star, the story said. But authorities say the ban is necessary to keep women and children safe because they are constantly hit with stray balls, the story said, and bathers have to unwillingly play dodge ball while walking to the sea. The football ban is from 8 am until 5 pm.

A corporate executive says he was denied a first class seat on United Airlines because he was wearing a track suit, according to an exclusive story by myfoxdc.com.

Armando Alvarez said he wanted to use his miles to upgrade to first class on a flight from Dulles to Connecticut. Instead, the Best Buy vice president said the gate agent told him that he was dressed "too casually" for seating in first class, the story said. Alvarez has sent e-mails to United Airlines and the airline's board of directors, but he has not received a response from them, the story said.

"I was humiliated and embarrassed," Alvarez, who is not seeking compensation, told myfoxdc.com. "If this happened to me and I'm a United Airlines Red Carpet Club member then I believe it's happening to other people and this must stop."

A 10-ton fishing boat was sunk and its crew thrown into the sea by the giant jellyfish they were gathering off the coast of Japan.

The three fisherman were hauling a net full of the gigantic creatures, known as Nomura's jellyfish when the weight of them caused the boat to capsize, a story by the Telegraph reported. The fishermen were rescued by another fishing boat.

Nomura's jellyfish are known to be the largest in the world, growing more than 6 and-a-half feet in diameter and weighing as much as 450 pounds. Nomura's jellyfish can be found in the seas between China and Japan.

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A Delta flight attendant confronted embattled NY anchor Dominic Carter and threatened to have him removed from the plane, a New York Post story said.

According to various reports, NY1 political anchor Carter was on the way to the bathroom when he bent down to tie his shoe. When he stood up, he bumped into a flight attendant, who called cops and a ground operator supervisor and threatened to throw him off the plane, officials told the NY Post.

Carter is facing charges of domestic abuse and was leaving LaGuardia for Kansas City with his wife to "get away," the story said. He volunteered to leave the flight on his own to avoid any more problems, the story said, and he and his wife flew out on the next flight.

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