After the family of a 14-year-old groom canceled his wedding to a 12-year-old bride a fight broke out between the two families of Gypsies in Romania. That event caused about 200 people to fight each other with fists, knives swords and guns in the Romanian village of Sinesti, where 12 people were injured - but no one was killed. Although the bridal couple was too young to marry even under Romania's relaxed age law for gypsies, the gypsies, or Roma, believe that children should marry when they reach puberty. In Romania it is legal for gypsy children to marry at age 16 with parental permission, while the normal legal age for marriage there is 18.

A Michigan man attempting to shoplift from a local store stuffed a number of hunting knives down his pants, tripped while trying to flee the store, and stabbed himself. The 26-year old suspect, who was said to have attempted to steal $300 worth of knives from the Knapp's Corner Meijer store, sustained puncture wounds to his abdomen, said officials. Recounting the incident, police said that the man got into a scuffle with the security guards, resulting in him falling on the knives.

Long Island high school principal Nicholas Restivo recently banned all Halloween costumes at the school, due to three senior girls who showed up at the school controversially dressed as the scantily-clad comic book hero, Captain Underpants. The girls were described to have been wearing beige-colored leotards and nude stockings, under white briefs, and red capes, as reported by the Associated Press. The report said that their choice of costume made them look naked.

When traveling to Hong Kong, China tourists are advised not to wear amulets made of live bullets or you will be fined as what happened to two Filipinos traveling the island recently. The Philippine Department of Foreign Affairs on Tuesday issued a travel advisory to Filipinos who want to visit Hong Kong not to wear bullet amulets.

If you ever wonder what happens to all those items confiscated at airport security checkpoints, the answer is, they end up on eBay. Knives, scissors, furry handcuffs, a sausage grinder, even an electric palm tree are all for sale on the Internet auction site. The items have all been "voluntarily surrendered" at checkpoints in airports throughout the Northeast.