According to an AP report, author and motivational speaker, Cindy Cashman and her airline pilot fiancé want to get married in space. Cashman has received backing from the Rocketplane Kistler company based in Oklahoma. This company hopes to offer commercial space flights to the public within a couple of years.

In what always amounted to the odd highlight of every Association of the Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) summit, the gala dinner showcased performances from foreign ministers as they entertained their hosts. Japanese Foreign Minister Taro Aso acted a Humphrey Bogart impersonation while New Zealand's Winston Peters sang like Johnny Cash. China's Li Zhaoxing led a choir and South Korea's Ban Ki-moon took the stage bedecked in green sequins.

The town of Axbridge, Somerset in the UK, has picked a 15-year-old homosexual boy to serve as their new carnival queen. David Bridge, who auditioned of front of the mayor of Axbridge, will be wearing a dress, tiara and high heels for the procession and to honor his crown.

On July 11, Allen-Edmonds Shoe Corp. gave President George W. Bush a pair of red, white and blue patriotic wingtips when he visited their factory in Port Washington. However, the company is now saying that they will not duplicate the shoes for anyone else.

Police in Suffolk, England, have warned women to "wear nice pants" when going out for a night of drinking show they don't expose themselves if they fall down drunk in the street. Suffolk police safety campaign magazine called "Safe!" shows pictures of young women lying drunk on the ground next to messages like, "If you've got it, don't flaunt it. "