A first division football match in Moldova was called off after a disputed penalty. The chairman of one of the teams drove his car on the pitch and tried to mow down the referee.
Police received a tip that $70,000 stolen from a casino in Louisiana had been thrown in a river and found notes woven into a beaver's dam. They were undamaged.
A man who lost £200 in a fruit machine at a Rochdale motorway service station tried to get his money back by burning a hole in the machine. The ensuing blaze caused £7 million of damage.
The last native speaker of Nushu, a 400-year-old language, has died in southern China. The language was spoken only by women.
An Iranian wife asked a court to restrict her husband to beating her only once a week instead of every day. She said she loved him; he said "If I don't beat her she will not be scared enough to obey me."
The M61 motorway in Lancashire was blocked after a four-car pile-up. All the cars were driven by police officers on a training exercise.
The Association of Burial Authorities has launched a competition seeking ideas on how to stop cemeteries being dull.
A spinster from Edinburgh, who died aged 95, left several charities £30,000 each. She chose organisations whose collectors said "Thank you" when she dropped coins in their boxes.
A man shooting a litter of puppies in Florida had to be taken to hospital. One of his intended victims kicked the gun's trigger and shot him in the arm.
At the Sydney Olympic Games extra shipments of condoms had to be sent to the competitors' village as supplies ran out. This year in Greece the British team has asked for more Weetabix.
A boy of 15 months who went into a coma after getting his head stuck in a bucket of water had his life-support machine switched off at a hospital in Cambridge. Seconds later he coughed and started breathing unaided.
A car dealer in Berlin let a couple test drive the new BMW 5. They drove it 4,000 miles to Spain and back.
Armed robbers fled empty-handed from a warehouse raid near Coventry. They filled bags so ful lof coins they couldn't lift them.
An operator handling emergency telephone calls in Maryland, US, fell asleep while taking report of a burglary. A tape of the call recorded the operator snoring.
Women over 60 at Black Sea resorts in Romania are being told not to sunbathe topless. Police said it was "ugly" and likely to deter tourists.
Artist Tom Bloor spent nine hours pasting pop-art wallpaper over a walkway in Birmingham. Then the council which had awarded more than £2.1 million to promote inner-city culture mistook it for fly-posting and stripped it all off.
A railway signalman in Essen, Grmany, trapped for hours in his office by a Staffordshire terrier, has claimed overtime for his ordeal.
A German woman furious after a row with her husband decided to smash up his car. After doing £650 worth of damage, it became clear that she had attacked her nighbour's Opel Corsa. Her husband drives a Ford Fiesta.
A burglar was caught in San Francisco after his 73-year-old victim insisted on showing him her family photo album. He was so bored he fell asleep and she called the police.
A police superintendent in Kent, UK, was called away from giving a lecture on crime prevention to comfort his distressed wife. She had returned home to find they had been burgled.
Prince Abdullah of Jordan, the uncle of King Abdullah II, attended the state funeral of Ronald Reagan in Washington. He returned home to Amman with 14 Domino pizzas.
A villager in Tanzania killed a lion that had earlier killed his wife. He left the remains of her body near the lion's den laced with poison.
A detective detained for drink driving is suing his own South Yorkshire police force for £100,000. He claims that the officers who arrested him beat him up.
A dog in Florida has had liposuction. The chihuahua named Pumpkin had three quarters of a pound of fat removed from her hips.
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