A law prohibiting anyone from dying while inside the Houses of Parliament has bested other edicts as Britain's most ridiculous law. The rather ludicrous law beat off strong competition from another ruling declaring an act of treason to place a postage stamp bearing the monarch's head upside down on an envelope.

Days before Halloween, a Berea, Ohio couple decides to get hitched in a theme fit for ghouls, witches and zombies. Tina Milhoane and Robert Seifer III, both in their 20s, were married Wednesday at the entrance to the 7 Floors of Hell haunted house's outdoor cemetery. They promised to live in marital bliss in a ceremony held at their place of work, which they also considered their second home.

An 11-year old medium sulfur-crested cockatoo is one heck of a fan of Backstreet Boys. According to reports Snowball lifts his legs, squawks and bobs his head, flashing his bright yellow crest to the beat of the band's "Everybody," even taking a bow with a vigorous bob of his head at the end of the 1997 pop tune.

early 100 wild elephants rampaged on a river island in India's northeast Assam province on Saturday, demolishing homes, feasting on sugarcane and panicking residents, officials said. "The herd is wandering just about anywhere in Majuli. A forest guard was injured and about 50 houses have been pulled down, forcing residents to take shelter in a makeshift relief camp that we have set up," LS Changsan, Jorhat district magistrate told the media.

An Idaho woman got a big surprise when a mother moose tried to bash its way into her home. Anita Ovard saw two baby moose in her yard when she arrived home, but got a close-up view of the mother when the moose tried to jump through her storm door and front door.