A mother sells her forehead as advertising space on eBay in order to pay for her son's education. Goldenpalace. com, an Internet gambling company in the Mohawk Territory of Kahnawake, Canada, met Smith's $10,000 asking price.

A shopkeeper defends herself from a would-be robber with a cup of coffee and a pair of scissors. The thief entered the convenience store wearing a motorcycle helmet to conceal his face. He pulled out a pistol and demanded the shopkeeper to empty the register. That's when she scalded the man with coffee and grabbed the scissors, prompting the robber to flee.

The arrest of three teenagers was the result of what one animal rescue official claims to be "the worst animal torture," he's ever seen. According to Iowa police, a video recording shows three teenagers laughing and taunting as they set opossums on fire.

In response to threatening water shortage reports, Mayor Ken Livingstone suggests residents not "flush the lavatory if you have just had a pee. "The water shortage facing the south of England forced Livingstone to take dramatic action to avert a crisis and address the situation.

A tabloid is making good on an offensive article that labeled a police officer who suffered disfiguring burns in a crash while on duty as "ugly. "American Media Inc. , owner of the Weekly World News, ran a list of the ''top 10 ugliest people'' in its Feb. 7 issue featuring a post-surgery photo of the disfigured officer and his wife.