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Girl, 12, sells hair to buy house
26 Apr 2012A 12-year-old Brazilian girl has had her first ever haircut and subsequently sold her 1.6-metre long hair to buy parents a house.
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Cher's key to Adelaide sells on eBay
26 Apr 2012Cher has infuriated residents of Adelaide after her key to the Australian city was sold online, but she has taken to twitter to question why the item ended up on eBay.
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Cow breaks milk production record
26 Apr 2012A cow in Canada has smashed the record for the most milk ever produced with 216,891kg in her lifetime.
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Couple shot at firearms safety class
26 Apr 2012A couple are recovering in a US hospital after they were shot by the husband with a handgun at a firearms safety class.
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Woman wins lottery twice in one day
25 Apr 2012A US woman has won a $1 million lottery prize twice in one day after purchasing two tickets and getting five out of the six numbers on both.
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Scottish village called Dull to link up with US town Boring
25 Apr 2012A Scottish village called Dull is hoping to forge links with a US town call Boring and become an official affiliation.
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Students offer sex to help improve grades
25 Apr 2012Three German students are offering a sex service with the promise of improving other students' grades.
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Woman eats Bypass burger, has heart attack
25 Apr 2012A woman in the US has suffered a suspected heart attack while eating a Double Bypass burger at the aptly-named Heart Attack Grill in Las Vegas.
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Chicken born without an egg
24 Apr 2012A chicken has been born without an egg in Sri Lanka after incubating for 21 days inside its mother and then hatching.
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Football swept away in tsunami reunited with owner
24 Apr 2012A football swept away by the Japanese tsunami in 2011 has been returned to its owner after it was found by a US man in Alaska.
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Hunter mistakes girlfriend for wild hog, shoots her
24 Apr 2012A US hunter accidentally shot both of his girlfriend's legs after mistaking her for a wild hog.
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Zoo puts stuffed animals in cages
24 Apr 2012A zoo in the Gaza Strip has started putting stuffed animals in cages to ensure they still have a use for them when they die.
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Runner, 101, completes London Marathon
23 Apr 2012A 101-year-old man has completed the London Marathon in seven hours and 49 minutes.
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Gay porn mistakenly aired on morning newscast
23 Apr 2012A Canadian-based cable company has apologised after it mistakenly showed three minutes of gay porn during a morning newscast.
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Police arrest actor re-enacting crime
23 Apr 2012Police in Germany have arrested an actor after he was mistaken as a real criminal while he was re-enacting a crime.
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One Direction fans mob wrong man
23 Apr 2012One Direction fans in New Zealand have accidentally mobbed a 23-year-old radio producer in the street, mistaking him for a member of the boy band.
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Woman injured during sex entitled to compensaiton
20 Apr 2012A woman who injured herself while having sex on a business trip has been told she is entitled to a worker's compensation.
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Burger with 1,050 bacon strips sold in Japan
20 Apr 2012A burger containing 1,050 bacon strips and weighing 2.7kg has been sold at a Japanese Burger King.
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Police called to complaint of man 'barking' too loudly
20 Apr 2012Police in the US were called to a residence in Georgia after people complained that a man was barking like a dog and causing a disturbance.
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Man breaks into house and pours bowl of cereal
20 Apr 2012A US homeowner claims a man broke into his house and poured a bowl of cereal, so he put him on the sofa and called the police.
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Barrister owns up to stealing 79 cents 20 years on
19 Apr 2012An Australian barrister has pleaded guilty to stealing 79 cents from a wishing fountain more than 20 years after he did.
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Dog TV channel created in US
19 Apr 2012A TV channel for dogs is heading for national distribution in the US after a successful trial in California.
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Couple marry in Ikea
19 Apr 2012A couple of high school sweethearts have got married in Ikea after reuniting in the store for the first time in decades.
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Cannabis wine 'proving popular' in US
19 Apr 2012Cannabis wine is reportedly being produced by ''quite a few'' California winemakers.
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