Nicole Kidman's call triggers gold medal: Malcolm Page and Nathan Wilmot, members of the Australian men's sailing team, won a gold medal on Tuesday after receiving a good luck call from Nicole Kidman. According to Page, he first he screened the unfamiliar number on his cell phone before he realized it was Kidman calling. "I thought, 'Ah, I just don't want to talk to her today,' so I bumped it," joked Page. "Then two seconds later there was a message from Nicole wishing us good luck," he told Melbourne's Herald Sun. Page and Wilmot had named their boat The Australian after Kidman's upcoming movie. When asked if Kidman's call helped them win gold, Page said: "It does go a long way, don't worry about that."

Bikini murderer confesses: Convicted sex offender Jerry Buck Inman, 37, confessed Tuesday to strangling a 20-year-old South Carolina college student Tiffany Marie Souers two years ago and leaving her body in her apartment with her bikini top still wrapped around her neck. Inman pleaded guilty to robbery, kidnapping, raping and murder and could face the death penalty when he is sentenced Sept. 8. "He wishes to die for what he's done," psychiatrist Dr. Donna Schwartz-Watts said. "He has consistently stated that." Inman also faces charges for rapes and attempted rapes he committed as a teenager.

Married couple wins lottery with secret formula: Judith and Verlyn Adamson bought their winning tickets separately at a Mineral Point gas station and convenience store and surprisingly each won $350,000 jackpots in the SuperCash state lottery. Verlyn Adamson is an accountant who claims he developed a secret formula that's helped him make money in the lottery over the last 20 years. The couple both played the same numbers: 6, 10, 11, 19, 21 and 49.

Old woman has intruder call police: An 85-year-old woman busted a burglar inside her home, then forced him to call the police while she kept watch on him, police said. Smith heard someone break into her home Sunday afternoon and grabbed the .22-caliber revolver she kept by her bed. "I said, 'What are you doing in my house?' He just kept saying he didn't do it," Smith said. While forcing the 17-year-old boy to call 911, Smith held the gun on him until state police arrived at her home just outside Pittsburgh. The boy will be charged with attempted burglary and related offenses in juvenile court. "It was exciting," Smith said. "I just hope I broke up the (burglary) ring because they have been hitting a lot of places around here."

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