Britain's queen wins 60,000 fans on Facebook debut

LONDON (Reuters) – Britain's Queen Elizabeth has joined Facebook, adding a presence on the world's most popular social network to the royal family's accounts on Twitter, photo-sharing site Flickr and YouTube.

The British monarchy's Facebook page (http://www.facebook.com/TheBritishMonarchy) does not allow users to "friend" the Queen or to send her messages, but offers updates on royal news and diary events.

By midday on Monday, a few hours after the page went live, 60,000 people had clicked to signal they liked it, meaning they will receive updates on the royal family's activities in their Facebook news feeds.

The page does not display personal details such as the Queen's relationship status, interests or political views.

Britain's royal family prides itself on keeping up to date with new technologies.

In 2008, the Queen uploaded a video to YouTube during a visit to Google's London offices, in 2009 a British monarchy Twitter account was launched, and a royal Flickr account was created this year.

Facebook was launched in 2004 and now has more than half a billion active users around the world.

Man who drove with $3,600 on roof gets cash back

CLEVELAND – A Cleveland bartender whose more than $3,600 in accumulated tips blew away said he's lucky the money was found by two apparently honest men. Michael May told The Plain Dealer on Thursday he was almost in tears last weekend after he realized he'd driven off with a pouch containing the cash sitting on the roof of his car.

Cleveland downtown safety monitor David Hamilton found the bag lying in the street and kept it away from a homeless person who tried to take it away.

Hamilton and his team leader at the nonprofit Downtown Cleveland Alliance turned the money over to police, who traced it to May through bank receipts and checkbooks in the pouch.

May plans to give a reward to Hamilton and the team leader. Police will honor Hamilton at a ceremony next week.

Senior sets off bug bombs, prompting evacuation

EMMAUS, Pa. – Blame bug bombs for those foul odors that drew a team of emergency responders to a senior citizens' high-rise home. The Morning Call reported on its website that hazardous materials specialists and firefighters were stunned by the intense fumes coming from a second-floor room of the East Penn Place home and evacuated the entire floor late Wednesday night.

But firefighters quickly learned, the newspaper reported on its website late Thursday, that a resident had set off several insect foggers in his apartment and that caused the incident which set off smoke alarms.