An irate Briton, determined to stand up to authorities, sawed his stepson's car in half, all for the reason of making a point. The man, 40-year old Ian Taylor, decided to go to drastic measures after his son's Ford Fiesta was clamped and impounded by authorities accusing it of having been illegally parked. The ruling was made, however, with merely two inches of the vehicle's rear wheel sticking out of the driveway.

Heavily-armed robbers posing as policemen stole cash and a service vehicle from a mobile phone distribution company in Quezon City, east of the Philippine capital of Manila on Monday morning during a "raid" against violators of intellectual property rights. Reports say the eight "policemen," wearing bull caps with "Pulis" (police) and "PNP" (Philippine National Police) markings, introduced themselves to the store owner and said they were conducting a "raid" against sellers of fake mobile phones from China.

Two British adventurers travelled 2,600 miles from Dorset, England to Timbuktu and back onboard a Ford Iveco Cargo lorry and Land Cruisers, using biodiesel made from waste chocolate. Andy Pag, 34, and John Grimshaw, 39, set off from the latter's home at Poole, Dorset, on November 26 and arrived in Mali, West Africa on Boxing Day, overcoming sand storms and corrupt customs officials, and driving through a town where days later al-Qaeda terrorists shot dead a French family, to deliver a biodiesel processing unit and the vans to a charity.

Some avid fans of the Buckeyes have turned emotional after the team lost to the LSU resulting in police arrests in the Ohio State campus. The Police said some 15 people were held in custody for attempted arson and misbehavior after the game. Police spokeswoman Amanda Ford said Tuesday that between 10 and 12 fires were reported as some trash bins were found to be set on fire. Loyal Buckeye fans could not help but be somber for the team's defeat for the second straight year edge at the title.

A computer technician driving on the directions of a rental car's Global Positioning System found himself jumping out of the way as a train came barreling through his vehicle. The driver, Bo Bai, on the orders of the GPS system, turned his vehicle right, crossing train tracks. Upon doing so, the car was caught on the tracks, as the Harlem line train was chugging towards it. Bai attempted to wave to the engineer, but failed to catch his attention.