In a bid to promote HIV-AIDS awareness in the city, a government agency in the north Indian city of Chandigarh has opened a "Condom Bar" where instead of small change for bills, patrons are given packs of condoms. Standing true to its name, the bar has a condom logo featured on everything inside from the glasses used for serving drinks, interior decoration and waiters' uniforms.

A 32-year-old man from Franklin, Ohio, who tried to get away from police by jumping from rooftop to rooftop ended up in the hospital after he got stuck in a 15-foot-deep gap between two buildings. According to AP reports, Christopher Watts was wanted for a parole violation when he escaped from officers on Saturday and climbed onto the roof of a one-story bar.

Too lazy to get up from bed in the morning to make yourself a coffee? Now don't bother to do that as scientists have now invented Shower Shock, the world's first caffeinated soap that claims it will give you the same kind of kick as your morning cup of coffee. This vegetable-based glycerin soap from Think Geek claims to release caffeine that is absorbed into your body and provides the same hit as a couple of cups of coffee. The users blood pressure and pulse rate will increase, making his brain feel more alert and awake.

A 46-year-old volunteer firefighter, wearing a woman's wig and a string bikini, was charged with taking a drunken afternoon romp through Heritage Oak Park in Mason in Ohio. Steven S. Cole, who pleaded not guilty to the charges of drunken driving, public indecency and disorderly conduct; said he was on his way to a Dayton bar to compete in a contest where the top prize was $10,000. Cole, a fireman from Waynesville thus put on a blonde wig, pink sandals, and a string bikini filled out with tan water balloons.

New Mexico on Tuesday declared the "bolo" tie as the official neckwear of the southwestern U. S. state. Bolo ties consist of a piece of a cord fastened with an ornamental bar or clasp. It's "our bipartisan fashion statement," Gov. Bill Richardson said as he signed the measure into law, according to the Associated Press reports.