Sunbathing crocodile shocks Indonesian beachgoers

Hundreds of sunbathers fled a popular Indonesian beach in panic when a four-meter (13-foot) crocodile laid down next to them to soak up some rays, an official said Wednesday.

Hundreds of sunbathers fled a popular Indonesian beach in panic when a four-meter (13-foot) crocodile laid down next to them to soak up some rays, an official said Wednesday.

Boracay Island, recently named by an international travel magazine as the world’s best island destination for 2012, must be left untouched.
Business operators on Boracay island have embraced its new distinction as the world’s best island destination for 2012.

A young lifeguard in Florida has lost his job after rescuing a drowning man in a section of beach he was not assigned to patrol, local news media reported Wednesday.
A 17-YEAR-OLD boy drowned while swimming in a beach resort in barangay Marigondon, Lapu-Lapu City last Saturday afternoon.