The UK's Jedi community today expressed concerns that government plans to ban Samurai swords could hinder their freedom to wield lightsabres in public. The UK's Home Office today issued a consultation paper ahead of legislation intended to ban Samurai blades by the end of the year.

An alternative Wikipedia written by conservative Christians has become a major target of mockery on the web.

Conservapedia, a wiki-based encyclopedia that offers the historical record from a conservative perspective, is attracting lots of derisive comments on blogs and a growing number of phony articles written by mischief makers.

Some impressive pictures about ice sculpture ice hotels, ice rooms, ice bar and other wonderful ice things

South Korea's finest have a bit of poser on their hands: does the pimping of inflatable sex dolls breach the country's anti-prostitution laws?

What better way to welcome back coworkers from an extended vacation than an amusing practical joke?

A selection of great photos shows what people get up to when they are bored!

An animal rights group has called for a North American theme park operator to cancel a competition in which people will try to break the world cockroach-eating record.

Theme park operator Six Flags Inc, based in New York, is staging the contest as part of a promotion leading up to Halloween, in which it is also offering customers free entry or line-jumping advantages if they eat a live Madagascar hissing cockroach.

NABLUS, West Bank - Israeli troops killed the world renown Bobo the clown in an air strike Sunday against a Palestinian home where he was entertaining a group of Arab children. The attack has left experts on Middle Eastern affairs completely baffled. The question they and everyone else has been asking is why Bobo the clown, and why now?

A woman has suffered severe burning to her anus after being struck by lightning which hit her in the mouth and passed right through her body.

Be sure you watch the complete thing... very unexpected ending... this video is the funniest thing I have seen in ages. Excellent. Just brilliant.

great friends he has there