Southend, Essex, UK: Chris Jarvis, 31, scored a point for Star Wars fanatics when he received a formal apology over a force-related incident that occurred at an employment center.
Jarvis, a member of The International Church …

Rapid City, South Dakota: By now most people are familiar with the U.S. military’s “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy on gay servicemen and women. Under the policy, people who keep their private lives a secret …

The assassination of Hamas commander Mahmoud al-Mabhouh made for some pretty exciting news, who would have thought that it could help to sell groceries?
Apparently the creative minds behind an advertisement for the Mahsaney Kimat Hinam …

Lady Gaga was forced to change into normal clothes on a flight from London to the United States when one of her outfits caused her to develop deep vein thrombosis (DVT).
When the flight attendants saw …

Perkovci, Croatia: Plenty of people get a little nervous at the sound of thunder, but 35-year-old Zoran Jukovic has a better reason to than most – three years ago lightning struck his penis.
Croatian Times reports …

Pecica, Romania: A Romanian town decided to take action over what was considered to be a “despairing” amount of accidents involving cars and drunken pedestrians by warning about them with street signs.
The Daily Mail reports …

Ottawa, Canada: Thanks to its immense size, Jupiter’s force of gravity is 2.5 times that of Earth. Neil Fraser set about testing whether this extra gravity would affect the functionality of a common lava lamp, …

Solihull, West Midlands, United Kingdom: A herbal remedy saved a bull with a slack libido from a trip to the abattoir.
Three weeks ago, Boris the bull had an appointment with the slaughterhouse. Unable or …

Havelock North, New Zealand: Bomb squad officers were called to a New Zealand football field on Monday on account of what appeared to be an improvised explosive device.
As it turned out, the “explosives” had been …

Berlin, Germany: The German chapter of People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) has asked for celebrity polar bear Knut to be castrated because he and a female companion share the same grandfather.
According to …

Smithsonian Institution, Washington D.C.: The Smithsonian Institution has said they are not likely to accept the suit that O.J. Simpson was wearing when he was acquitted over the murders of Ron Goldman and Nicole Brown …

Maroochydore, Queensland, Australia: Authorities at a police station in Maroochydore, Queensland, unwittingly hired a concrete cutter with a 20-year amphetamine addiction to modify their evidence room.
Perth Now reports that while cutting a ventilation hole in …

Osceola County Jail, Florida A gang leader is reportedly still at large after escaping from prison through a toilet.
The Orlando Sentinel reports that gang leader Michael Rigby, 21, escaped from a maximum-security section of …

Chicago, Illinois: Pedro Carbera is likely ruing the day that he told a judge he was innocent after accepting a plea bargain that would have seen him serve 6 years in prison – his protestations …

Parsippany, New Jersey: A 26-year-old man was sentenced to probation after it emerged that he had attempted to use a Geek Squad badge to impersonate a police officer. He was impersonating a police officer because …

Beverly Hills, California: A woman might have survived a point blank gunshot from a semi-automatic assault rifle thanks to her breast implants.
The Metro reports that the gunman entered the dentist office, shot his wife and …