No, your cell phone isn't about to explode into smoke in 40 seconds (unless there is something else wrong with it). It is the text message you have just read that will disappear shortly after it has been accessed.

USA, Mt Prospect: A Mt Prospect man was apparently taking part in a spitting contest off a second story apartment balcony with two others last Tuesday.

Germany, Cologne: A robbery in a newsagents led to confusion when the person being held-up couldn't understand what the robber was saying.

Russia, southern Moscow: A 24-year-old thief made a quick getaway from a garage.

George Bush, when ending a press conference in China last week, walked off to his right and tried to open doors that wouldn't open... Quick Links: Video Picture Strip Grimace.

A seven year-old girl has been stopped by Highway Patrol troopers when she was speeding in a pickup truck, reports the Associated Press.

Television viewers settling down at 8 o'clock on 4th November to watch the news in English on DD-1 were shocked to discover they were actually watching an X-rated performance from a Russian porn channel.

On the bright side, Gail O'Toole didn't cut Kenneth Slaby's penis off like John Bobbit had his removed in 1993.

Disabled Sven Mietke, 26, was stopped by police after he was seen driving his electric wheelchair from side-to-side.

Two Aussies on a working ski holiday in Colorado USA robbed a WestStar Bank in June this year.

Is this the most radical updating of the Bible since it was first translated into English...?

Luckily, Sam is only a pint sized pooch, if he was bigger he would be a real, living, monster.

According to the New York Post, Keira Knightley says that she likes to swear. (Tabloid non-story of the month?)

Algerian Ahmed Salhi, 24, was sentenced to 9 months house arrest in Ferrara, north Italy, for breaching immigration rules.

Shock rocker Marilyn Manson is to release his own fragrance, according to Women's Wear Daily, reported on Ananova.

The Cornwall County Record Office have compiled a list of the 1000 funniest names from their archives, and the results are painful.

Dive bombing is the ability to make as much noise and splash when you hit the water as possible. Sometimes known as a 'belly flop', it hurts like hell.

Fucking in Austria has become popular with English speaking tourists who like to have their pictures taken in front of their signs...

A 93-year-old Lithuanian woman, with hands hardened by years of milking goats, fought back when two men broke into her property by grabbing one of them where it hurts most.

Yodeling, the ancient, throaty, Austrian mountain singing, has been researched by scientists at Graz University who claim it is more healthy than both yoga and jogging.

Indian police have made 200 cinema goers do 10 sit-ups after being caught at a screening of a porn flick, reports The Hindustan Times.

We have seen reports on the internet that Zurich has established a 34 strong police force, equipped with roller-skates.