A state representative-elect, carrying a Bible and was just sworn into office, kicked a photographer who took a picture of him during a prayer in the statehouse. Douglas Bruce visited the House floor as a guest of a fellow Colorado Springs Republican Rep. Kent Lambert on Monday morning.

Tory MEPs confused Birmingham, Alabama for Birmingham, England and put up a picture of the former on their website confusing web browsers in the process. According to the Daily Mirror, web browser were shocked to see skyscrapers instead of what they were expecting - the Bullring and Spaghetti Junction.

Denver is the most "lustful" city in America judging by the number of contraceptives sold in the city compared with its population size. According to a ranking made by Forbes Magazine and research firm ACNielsen, Denver is followed by San Antonio, Texas and Portland, Oregon, both tied for second place. The other states in the list are Seattle; Salt Lake City; Washington, D. C. ; Columbus, Ohio; Cincinnati; Baltimore; and Buffalo.

A 25-year-old woman was arrested and is now facing a second-degree assault charge when she argued with his boyfriend over whether the dog should be allowed inside the bathroom while the couple was taking a shower. On Thursday night, the 26-year-old man wanted his dog to join them while taking a shower but the woman objected to the idea, a police report said.

Two paintings were stolen from a Brazilian museum, including a Picasso, when thieves broke in Thursday morning. The break in lasted a total of three minutes, but that was enough for the thieves to make off with Picasso's "Portrait of Suzanne Bloch. " Candido Portinari's "O Lavrador de Cafe" was also stolen from the Sao Paulo Museum of Art. Investigators say the thieves appear to be professionals and used a car jack to pry into a metal pull-down gate over the museum's front door. Then, they broke two glass doors and took the paintings from the museum's second floor.