Posted January 27, 2008 
Comments(0) A BRITISH farmer built an entire mock castle behind a screen of hay bales and lived there concealed for four years to evade planning regulations.
Robert Fidler hoped to take advantage of a provision of planning law that allows buildings without planning permission to be declared legal if no objections have been made after four years.
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Posted January 27, 2008 Comments(0) CHESTERTON, Ind. — Two fourth-grade boys mimicking a scene from the movie “A Christmas Story” wound up with their tongues stuck to a frozen flagpole.
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Posted January 27, 2008 Comments(0) WASHINGTON - The Federal Communications Commission has proposed a $1.4 million fine against 52 ABC Television Network stations over a 2003 broadcast of cop drama NYPD Blue.
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Posted January 27, 2008 Comments(0) CARLISLE, Pa. - Barflies, forget having to talk your troubles over with a bartender.A pastor plans to put teams of chaplains in local bars in this central Pennsylvania town so they can lend a sympathetic ear to patrons who may need one.
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Posted January 27, 2008 Comments(0) NEW YORK (AP) - A man who calls himself a tantric master broke his own world record by standing engulfed in ice for 72 minutes.
Wim Hof, 48, stood on a Manhattan street in a clear container filled with ice for an hour and 12 minutes Saturday.
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Posted January 24, 2008 Comments(0) Two Star Wars-loving brothers are planning to set up a Jedi church in Wales.
Barney and Daniel Jones want fellow devotees to be able to join them on Anglesey, reports the BBC.
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