http://www.metro.co.uk/weird/article.html?Clown_loses_bal...
A clown has lost his case against New York City police, after a federal jury ruled that they didn't use excessive force when they arrested him after he left a suspicious device at a coffee shop.
http://www.metro.co.uk/weird/article.html?Disability_frau...
An interior designer in California ignored the first rule of making false disability claims: don't appear on TV shows.
http://www.metro.co.uk/weird/article.html?Moldovan_army_f...
Moldova's army is feeding its soldiers onions and garlic to help them ward off swine flu.
http://www.metro.co.uk/weird/article.html?Lost_man_drives...
An elderly Australian man who went out to fetch a morning newspaper ended up driving more than 370 miles after getting lost and taking a wrong turn onto a major highway, police said.
http://www.metro.co.uk/weird/article.html?Crane_wipes_out...
It was a test of strength that would top the bill of any sporting competition. The 150-year-old, 20ft oak vs the 50tonne, 90ft crane.
http://www.metro.co.uk/weird/article.html?Bugatti_superca...
Police say a low-flying pelican distracted a Bugatti supercar owner in Texas, causing him to veer off a road and drive his million-dollar sports car into a salt marsh.
http://www.metro.co.uk/weird/article.html?Unfriend_is_Oxf...
If you had to pick one word that sums up the whole of 2009, what would it be? 'Recession,' perhaps? 'Collapse'? 'Despondency'?
http://www.metro.co.uk/weird/article.html?Husband_escapes...
A husband in China has left his wife after she forced him to eat cake for every meal.
http://www.metro.co.uk/weird/article.html?Ugandan_officia...
A Ugandan government official has said that the bodies of people who die from drinking an illicit local gin should be caned six times before burial as an example to the living.