A video ad for the rail line in Washington, D. C. that showed a bobble-head version of Pope Benedict XVI was pulled after religious officials complained that it depicted a "misdressed" pontiff. According to the Archdiocese of Washington, the bobble-headed pope, which was shown riding a Metro train, did not correctly depict the actual appearance of the leader of the Roman Catholic Church. "Our concern is that this was a bad bobble-head," said archdiocese spokeswoman Susan Gibbs, according to UPI.

A fishing town in Japan has declared its all-out support for Democratic presidential hopeful Sen. Barack Obama (D-IL) and for good reason too; the city and the senator share the same name. The Illinois senator took time to send city leaders a letter thanking them for their support, according to Mayor Toshio Murakami. "I would like to take this opportunity to express my appreciation to the city of Obama for your support and encouragement and thank you for your thoughtful gift. We share more than a common name. We share a common planet and common responsibility. I look forward to a future marked by the continued friendship of our two great nations and shared commitment to a better, freer world," Obama wrote in the letter.

A lawmaker from Virginia who became famous two years ago for proposing a ban on baggy pants has shocked constituents again with a bill that would outlaw rubber testicles from being placed on the back of trucks. Delegate Lionel Spruill (D-Chesapeake) admits his new proposal is a bit comical, but he insists the bill comes from complaints made by those in his district. Spruill said a man came to him once and said that his six-year-old daughter saw a pair of testicles on the back of a truck and asked him about it. "They're offensive to some folks," Spruill said. "It's OK to express yourself, but citizens have the right not to be subjected to something vulgar. "

Another lucky ticket was purchased by someone on Fond du Lac, Wisconsin's "Miracle Mile. " Last Tuesday, a winning ticket for a $1 million lottery jackpot was purchased at a store on a street where winning tickets claimed multimillion-dollar jackpots last year and in the 1990s. The ticket for the Holiday Millions Raffle was sold at a Ma and Pa's Grocery Express outlet in a stretch of downtown Fond du Lac where another Ma and Pa's store sold a $208. 6 million Powerball ticket in 2006 and several others sold multimillion-dollar tickets in the 1990s.

A man from Washington went to the extreme of dramatizing his protest against what he called the commercialization of Christmas by nailing Santa Claus to a 15-foot crucifix in front of his house. Art Conrad even took a photo of his crucified Santa to adorn the Christmas cards he sent to friends and relatives with a message, "Santa died for your MasterCard. "Conrad said, "Santa has been perverted from who he started out to be. Now he's the person being used by corporations to get us to buy more stuff. ''