Three New Zealand universities are planning legal action against two offshore web sites selling fake degrees in their names. The web sites are offering fake degrees branded Canterbury, Auckland and Otago universities
America’s puritanical Attorney-General, John Ashcroft, has had a half-naked statue of the Spirit of Justice covered up because he does not like being photographed in front of its exposed right breast
If you’ve ever wondered if UFOs exist, UFO Earth Contact is a new site that will try and sway your beliefs that something is out there
A plaque intended to honour black actor James Earl Jones at a Florida celebration of the life of Martin Luther King instead paid tribute to James Earl Ray, the man who killed the black civil rights leader
Mysterious rafts made of giant bamboo have been washing up on Micronesian atolls, two of them with human skeletons on board
Irish counterfeiters have brought themselves undone by not being able to spell Euro
The Chesterfield and North Derbyshire Royal Hospital admitted it mistakenly sent letters to 30 patients, including six elderly men, telling them they were pregnant. They were sent by a computer system that automatically generates letters telling patients their operations have been postponed
The redial button proved an inconvenient mobile phone feature for three Canadian robbery suspects, providing police with a recording of the crime and an argument over how the loot should be split
An elderly German man thwarted armed robbers by throwing a tin of sauerkraut at them
Reverend Gabriele Amorth, the Roman Catholic Church’s best-known exorcist, sees ten people a day, give or take, for demonic possessions, obsessions and lower-grade infestations
An Irish Protestant minister who does not believe in xmas or that Jesus was the son of god has been suspended from his post for three months to reflect on his statements
A British man who went underground behind blast-proof doors and thick concrete to avoid a family xmas has emerged early because he was dying for a pint of beer
A rare case of chest injury in one marijuana user may offer a cautionary tale against home-made bongs
Kay Hammond had hoped to pull a rich businessman husband, but instead she’s been pulled off eBay’s auction service
An Iranian bridegroom bit off more than he could chew when, according to custom, he licked honey from his bride’s finger during their marriage ceremony and choked to death on one of her false nails
A unit of Colombia’s ultra-right death squads, blamed for some of the worst massacres in a 37-year war, has sent Xmas cards to its fighters wishing them peace and a prosperous New Year
A defecating reindeer and an action figure that seeks to infect his daughter and others with a virus are among the most warped toys on the shelf this Christmas
A man in southern Sweden scared his neighbour’s dog, which then tore off his ear and swallowed it
A dog may be many men’s best friend, but not Nandor C Santho. At least not after Santho’s dog helped turn him in to police in what may be the biggest drug bust in Delaware County history
Colins the stowaway cat was finally reunited with her New Zealand master, 18 days after she took a catnap on a South Korea-bound tanker that took to sea
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