A flood of last-minute bets on Britain's royal baby poured in on Monday even as Prince William's wife Catherine was in hospital in labor.

Most of the money was going on the name of the third-in-line to the throne, with one bookie suspending betting on the subject.

Royal supporter Terry Hutt sits near the media pen outside of Saint Mary's Hospital in London on July 21, 2013. There's still no sign of Britain's royal baby, even though the world's media have been …more

There's still no sign of Britain's royal baby, even though the world's media have been camped for three weeks outside the London hospital where Prince William's wife Catherine is due to give birth.

From royal baby name generators to interminably dull live-feeds of a hospital door -- the longer Britain waits for Prince William's wife Catherine to give birth, the more nonsense the Internet provides.

Bored web users can while away hours creating ghastly photomontages of what the little heir will look like -- taking Kate's hair, for example, adding William's nose and the ears of grandfather Prince Charles.

Russia's President Vladimir Putin gestures during a museum visit in the Belgorod region, on July 12, 2013. Putin on Friday lashed out at critics of Russia's crushing victory in the Universiade …more

President Vladimir Putin on Friday lashed out at critics of Russia's crushing victory in the Universiade world student games, mischievously suggesting they would be better off enjoying life by taking the sex drug Viagra.

A woman whom police once believed was murdered by her husband after she was last seen in September 1961 in westernmost Canada has been discovered living in the Yukon.

And she has a new family, police said Friday.

A man who attempted a 500-kilometer (300-mile) journey from Britain to Ireland in a tiny blow-up beach dinghy was rescued after making it a short distance in the wrong direction, coastguards said Thursday.

The 40-year-old American set out Wednesday on his improbable voyage in a six-foot (1.8-meter) inflatable with two paddles -- one was being used as a mast for a plastic sheet sail, and the other as a rudder to steer.

A woman has been banned from swimming in her community's pool because she wants to wear a mermaid tail.

Jenna Conti had been in the Aquatic Club pool with her custom-made tail once before with the staff's approval. But last week, employees told her it violated a policy against swim fins. On Monday night, the FishHawk Community Development board voted to keep her out of the pool because of the swim fin policy.

Sections of an innovative New Zealand cathedral being made from cardboard have gone soggy in the rain, but the project will still be completed next month, the Anglican Church said Friday.

The structure, which has walls made from cardboard tubes, is a temporary replacement for Christchurch's Anglican cathedral, which was destroyed in a February 2011 earthquake that killed 185 people in New Zealand's second largest city.

Traffic police in Nepal have declared a war on high-decibel honking, penalising erring drivers and seizing more than 1,000 shrill horns that have made life unbearable on often gridlocked streets.

In a nation where drivers tend to honk as easily -- and constantly -- as they breathe, police launched a drive earlier this month to tame the noisemakers, charging vehicles with blaring horns fines of up to 5,000 Nepali rupees ($53).

Dutch climbing specialist Robert Gesink can't wait for the Tour de France 18th stage -- and the free pushes he expects to get from drunken Dutch fans on the 13.8 km trek to the finish line.

The first of three stages in the French Alps, Thursday's ride begins in Gap and features a total of six climbs, including two ascensions of the Alpe d'Huez.