Two self-proclaimed Jedi Knights have petitioned the United Nations to officially recognize their faith as a religion. John Wilkinson and Charlotte Law, who calls themselves Umada and Yunyun based on their Jedi "religion," have told the U. N. that the Jedi is worthy of being called a religion.

A junior at Brooklyn's Leon M. Goldstein High School caused a fuss Tuesday when he arrived at school dressed as Adolf Hitler for Halloween. School administrators demanded he take off his beige coat decorated with a swastika armband, telling him he would have to spend the day in detention if he failed to do so. But 16-year-old Walter Petryk, who went so far as growing a mustache to complete his get-up, refused. He said his costume was a satire of Hitler and was protected by his right to freedom of expression.

A bull ran wild through the streets of New Delhi, injuring six people and evading capture for seven hours. According to reports, the animal "ran amok" through "two markets, a movie theatre, a Sikh temple and the YWCA. "

In a shocking incident in the Indian state of Rajasthan, the leaders of a village ordered 150 men to dip their hands into boiling oil to prove their innocence after food was stolen from a local school. The Sunday Express reports that the school's principal informed police in late August regarding some rice and wheat being stolen but police did not take any action.

After police failed to respond to a school principal's report of stolen food, the leaders of a village in the Indian state of Rajasthan decided it was up to them to make sure the criminal was brought to justice. To determine who was guilty of stealing the school's rice and wheat, the village leaders ordered 150 men to dip their hands into a cauldron of boiling oil. The council, or panchayat, of Ranpur village, 210 miles south of state capital Jaipur, worked for 10 days to find the thieves. Unable to identify any culprits, it issued what New Delhi's Sunday Express called the "medieval diktat. "