A Swedish couple had to scrap their plans to travel to Germany because the name they want to give to their six-month-old daughter is unacceptable by the State's tax board and the family can not travel without a registered first name on the kid's passport. Although the couple finds the name "Metallica" really befitting for their obstinate daughter, the tax board contends it as gross and unflattering. According to The Local reports, the tax board has refused to register the name on the grounds that the name may be derived from an American heavy metal band and is too closely related to the word "metal. "

A 24-year-old "honest criminal" surprised the police when he called them up to inform them that he was trying to break into a church and needed their help. When officers reached St. Paul's Lutheran Church, they found a man waiting outside for them. The man, who was also found to possess marijuana, told them he had hoped to get married in the church and need their help to break in. The man was using a metal shovel to break through the doors.

In a treatment that equates Internet addicts to mentally ill people, China is giving electric shocks to people who spend more time on the Internet than required. The Chinese government has launched a nationwide campaign to treat "Internet addiction" and many Internet-addiction clinics have been opened in this regard. A recent survey found that nearly 14 percent of teens in China are vulnerable to becoming addicted to the Internet. The Communist Youth League calls it a "a grave social problem" that threatens the youth of this Asian country.

Every time we go to swanky restaurants and pay hefty prices for the food we order, we often think how good it would be if we were to choose the prices ourselves. Now a unique coffee shop in Kirkland offers you this opportunity as it doesn't have any price listed on the menu. Yes you heard it right - no prices on the menu, as customers at Terra Bite Lounge pay whatever they like, or not at all. The employees at the coffee shop are also instructed not to be biased to anyone or show any difference in their service towards those who don't pay or pay very less in the unique metal box that is placed there.

Reggie, a black Labrador retriever, is reported to be doing fine following a surgery to remove the glue he swallowed two weeks ago. Reggie was brought to the operation table on Friday, when an X-ray test showed two large masses in the dog's abdomen. Dr. Mark Reineck, a veterinarian at Fremont Animal Hospital who operated on Reggie, revealed that he was contacted by the owner of the canine after he swallowed nearly a quarter of a bottle of heavy-duty polyurethane adhesive and began vomiting. The adhesive is usually used to bond wood, stone, metal and brick.