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A group of 20 Swedish Weight Watchers was left red-faced when they gathered for their regular weigh-in and found themselves too heavy for the floor. A member told the Smålandsposten newspaper: We suddenly heard a huge thud; we almost thought it was an earthquake and everything flew up in...

Vladimir Putin is out to prove that he still has what it takes to represent his country… in the sporting arena. Russian television footage shows the black-belted leader putting his martial arts skills on display for the second time in two years, this time it was for the national...

The Guardian reports that a straight British couple who do not wish to be married were told that they could not enter into a civil partnership because they are not gay. Tom Freeman and Katherine Doyle, both 25 and both public servants, found their application for civil partnership rejected...

A North Carolina doctor may lose his license to practice medicine after a patient complained that he had made cruel remarks. The North Carolina Medical Board will make a ruling as to whether ophthalmologist Dr Earl Sunderhaus of Asheville “overstepped the bounds of professional decency” after a complaint that...

The Taiwanese hotel hosting the Dalai Lama is serving a Dalai Lama Latte in honor of their esteemed guest....

A Hillsborough County pastor is in legal hot water after faking his own kidnapping so that he could spend more time with his girlfriend. According to Hillsborough Sheriff’s deputies, Seventh Day Adventist Church of Reform pastor Wikler Moran-Mora sent his wife a text message saying that he had been...

Embarrassing drunken behavior at and around weddings is not altogether uncommon. What would a wedding be without an inappropriate speech from a drunk uncle or the old school friend who never quite succeeded in life; it is the rare wedding or bachelor party at which it doesn't happen. When...

This video of Jake Lloyd (the actor who played young Anakin Skywalker in Episode 1) provides a slightly disturbing insight into the price of fame. The years, and people, seem to have not been kind....

Eighteen-year old Belgian, Kimberley Vlaminck, is suing a tattooist after she fell asleep during a tattoo and woke up with 56 stars on her face....