After receiving a large amount of non emergency calls, British police have requested people to call 999 only for dangerous emergency calls in dire situations. The decision came after police in England's West Midlands region had a called that complained of not hearing the television due to a car's noise outside. According to Sky News, the 999 calls - Britain's equivalent of 911 calls in the United States and Canada - is onstantly flooded with useless and time wasting calls.

A Malaysian man was stranded on top of a twenty three foot billboard for almost seven hours after a botched attempt to steal its spotlight. His accomplice had left the scene with both the light and the ladder. The man did not willingly come down and swung at would-be rescuers with a steel rod during negotiations with police.

A 22-year-old man shopping in the toy department of a Wal-Mart Supercenter found a open pack of cigarettes under a shelf and discovered a bag containing a white, powdery substance. Police said the substance was later identified as one gram of cocaine - an amount that could be lethal for a child. According to AP, police spokeswoman Glynda Chu said, "Being in the toy department, a child could easily have found it, and children will put anything in their mouths. "

Krzysztof Kononowicz, the 43-year-old Polish man who is running for mayor of the city of Bialystok is becoming an internet superstar. A video of Kononowicz's political ad has reached 3 million hits on YouTube. com, eclipsing the clip of Britney Spears divorcing her husband via text message.

A woman who tried to buy chips and cigarettes at a gas station with a phony $20 bill was caught when the clerk turned it over and found that it was blank on the other side. Leah R. Jarolink, 21, was charged with a felony count of forgery, according to a complaint filed Friday in Sheboygan County Circuit Court. The cashier, Teresa Wells, said Jarolink put the bill face up on the counter. She said it felt suspicious when she picked it up, and when she flipped it over she found it was blank.