The Arizona town of Cave Creek settled a tie election using a deck of cards to pick the winner of a seat on its governing council.

Cave Creek voters placed votes in equal numbers for an empty seat on the town's seven-member council, with 660 votes each going to Thomas McGuire, 64, and Adam Trenk, 25, the New York Times reported.

Gisele Bundchen is the highest-earning model in the world. The Brazilian beauty has topped the list compiled by Forbes.com for the third year running after making an impressive $25 million from June 2008 to June 2009.

Despite raking in a fortune, Gisele - who married American football star Tom Brady in February - has been hit by the global economic crisis, making $10 million less than in the previous financial year.

Beyonce Knowles buys clothes which are too small for her as a motivation to lose weight. The singer-and-actress, who is famed for her curvy figure, admits it takes a lot of hard work for her to stay in shape so she needs to have a goal.

She said: "I buy something too small and then say, 'I have a reason.' I need to wear these jeans or this hot dress."

Beyonce Knowles' family used to help her fasten her clothes because she was so fat. Despite now being regarded as one of the world's most beautiful women, the "Bootylicious" singer has revealed she was a "chubby and ugly" child who struggled to fit into her trousers.

She said: "Of course I've had an ugly period. When I was around 10 or 11, my mother gave me this really ugly haircut and I was really, really chubby. So chubby that my family used to all lay me down flat so they could zip up my jeans. It took four of them and I would lie there on the bed while they all got to it."

Employees of a Dayton, Ohio store say a man stole several articles of clothing on Tuesday and then filled out a job application before leaving.

Police arrested Stanley A. Wright, 49, on misdemeanor theft charges after workers at Deveroes said he stole T-shirts and pants, the Dayton Daily News reported.