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Japan is introducing new laws to deal with go-kart drivers who have been hitting the streets of Tokyo dressed as Mario characters. A recent fad has seen tourists invited to drive around the Japanese capital dressed as characters from the hit racing game Mario Kart.

A retired judge has spoken of her disappointment after she didn't make the cut as a prospective juror in a murder trial. Geraldine S. Hines, 70, has worked as a defence lawyer for 46 years, helped establish New England's first law firm run exclusively by women of colour, and served on the Massachuse

The daughter of a late mafia boss renowned for his cruelty has launched an online shop in his name, selling coffee and olive oil. Maria Concetta Riina set up the "Uncle Totò" website with her husband Antonino Ciavarello in memory of Totò Riina, who died at 87 last month.

Civil rights activists have complained about bizarre rules that ban Texas prisoners from reading Where's Waldo? but allow them to read the works of former KKK grand wizard David Duke and Adolf Hitler. A list of 10,000 books banned from Texas prisons includes Homer Simpson's Little Book of Laziness a

Pharmaceutical giant Pfizer has denied rumours that fumes from its viagra factory in County Cork are exciting local men – and dogs. Residents of Ringaskiddy, on Ireland's southwestern coast, told The Sunday Times they've been "getting the love fumes for years now".

Two US Navy pilots have been disciplined for drawing a massive penis in the sky over Washington state, the Military Times reports. The punishment is not disclosed, but the pair will keep their jobs.

A lawyer and former educator has said reusing old questions in a bar exam is “not a big deal”. Antonio La Viña, a former dean at Ateneo de Manila University in the Philippines made the comments after it emerged that the 2017 bar exams used questions from previous years’ tests.

A herd of donkeys has been punished for eating plants outside a prison – by being jailed. Donkeys in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh were convicted of destroying expensive plants outside a jail compound in Jalaun district.

A lawyer was arrested after allegedly barging into a stranger's home while high on ecstasy and in a state of undress, shouting "I'm here!". Justin Paul Christodoro, 39, entered an unsuspecting couple's home at around 5pm on 11 November, according to police reports, wearing a tight black shirt, high

A lawyer who pinned speeding tickets on her ex-husband and a former client has been found guilty of professional misconduct and struck off. Jinhi Kim was arrested in October 2015 after her law firm in Sydney, Australia was searched by police, the Sydney Morning Herald reports.

An 18-year-old who drove a tractor around Derry in a bid to pick up women has been fined £50. Anthony Breslin admitted having no L-plates on his tractor during his ultimately unsuccessful jaunt through the city in August.

A member of the Wu-Tang Clan has launched a copyright suit against a dog-walking company calling itself Woof-Tang Clan. In court papers filed by producer and rapper RZA, the dog-walking company is alleged to have violated the rap group's trademarks.

An Indonesian man pulled over for speeding avoided a ticket and was given a job after officers noticed his first name meant "Police". Sympathetic cops were stunned to meet 22-year-old construction worker Polisi, whose name is Indonesian for "Police".

A voyeur who planted a secret camera in a Starbucks toilet has been caught on his own camera. Police have now published the photo of the as-yet unidentified man, who inadvertently took a clear photograph of himself with the camera he planted in the ceiling in the coffee shop's only toilet.

UK Home Office officials have said they may have to hire Polish and other Eastern European workers to help register EU nationals after Brexit. Immigration lawyers told The Guardian that UK visas and immigration officials had privately admitted at a recent conference that they were struggling to enti