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Three 12-year old girls in Florida are facing charges for allegedly pouring red pepper into a teacher’s soft drink. The girls decided to carry out the prank after teacher Jayne Morgan had disciplined one of them.

A 33-year-old man who legally changed his name to Bacon Double Cheeseburger after a night of heavy drinking has said he has no regrets. Mr Cheeseburger - formerly known as Sam Smith - made an application to the UK Deed Poll Service after a spirited pub discussion on names, and completed the follow-u

A legislative body in Iowa has passed a bill allowing children to hold handguns. The House of Representatives in the state voted to pass a bill allowing children under 14 to use “a pistol, revolver or the ammunition” so long as they are supervised by a parent.

A man was fined €70 after burping near a policeman while visiting a fun park in Vienna. Bartender Edin Mehic, 27, belched after eating a kebab, prompting swift action from the officer, who said he was in breach of the peace.

A Turkish man has lodged a complaint against his wife – for insulting the country’s president, Recep Tayyip Erdogan. Ali D, 40, warned his wife numerous times against offending Erdogan, the newspaper Yeni Safak reports.

An enterprising Girl Scout exceeded her cookie sale target after setting up shop outside a marijuana dispensary in Portland, Oregon. The youngster set up a stall outside Foster Buds Marijuana Dispensary under the supervision of her aunt, who helped her come up with the idea.

In a bizarre mix-up a court in Egypt sentenced a four year old boy to life in prison on a number of charges – including murder. Ahmed Mansour Karni was handed the term after being sentenced in absentia for offences he allegedly committed two years ago – when he was two.

A court in eastern India issued a court summons to a Hindu god after a mix-up by court officials. A roadside temple in honour of Hanuman, the monkey god, was allegedly built illegally on government land in the Rohtas district of Bihar.

Police officers who surrounded a home in the US state of Montana after receiving a 911 call about a disturbance possibly involving a gun found a happy family watching a violent TV programme. Cops were called after a neighbour heard "screaming from a house about someone having a gun", only to find th

A Colorado man suspected of drink driving told police he was the king of Scotland and claimed diplomatic immunity after being caught. Nicholas Baron James, 35, was arrested in the city of Longmont after he refused a blood test, asserting that his blood was “golden”, according to reports.

An American politician has introduced a bill that would see men who buy erectile dysfunction drugs humiliated beforehand by swearing an oath of fidelity. Kentucky lawmaker Mary Lou Marizan made the proposals after state governor Matt Bevin signed a bill requiring women to consult a doctor at least 2

A civil servant at a waste water treatment plant in Spain has been fined after failing to show up for work for at least six years. A court in Cadiz ruled that Joaquín García had to hand back €27,000 of the wages he earned over six years, according to the El Mundo newspaper.

A restaurant manager in Japan has been arrested after money was found missing in the aftermath of his bizarre failed attempt to rob his own restaurant. Hijiri Sato, 22, reportedly entered the restaurant in a disguise and threatened staff with a knife in a bid to clear out the registers.

A poster advertising a Vietnamese restaurant in Glasgow with the phrase “Phat Phuc” has been deemed acceptable by the UK's Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) after two people complained it sounded like an expletive when spoken as if it were English. The Hanoi Bike Shop responded to complaints

A goat arrested yesterday for grazing in an Indian district magistrate's garden has been released on bail. Police arrested the law-breaking goat and its owner, Abdul Hassan, after a criminal complaint was made by district magistrate Hemant Ratre's gardener.