Cat Saves Family From Fire

An alert tabby cat saved an Australian family of four from a house fire by clawing at its owner's face, emergency officials said on Friday. The tabby sprang into action by waking his unidentified owner when a mattress caught fire as the family slept early on Friday in Cairns in Australia's tropical north. "The cat was probably the best smoke alarm system ... it was clawing at the occupant's face and got him up and out of bed," Cairns fire service spokesman Robert White-Macfarlane told reporters. The man was then able to wake his family and call for help.

In other news, Saddam Hussein was executed at 6am Baghdad time.

Oh...the cat's name is Timmy.