A school boy is suing New York City's Department of Education (DOE) after it refused to allow him to retake an entrance test for an elite high school. The lawsuit claims he had to walk out of the original test at Staten Island Tech because he was distracted by boisterous boys.

Thailand's legislature on Wednesday passed a traffic law that bans the use of cell phones without hands-free devices while driving. The Bangkok Post said the new law will take effect 90 days after publication in the Royal Gazette. The 90-day grace period will allow traffic enforcers to inform the public about the new law.

Thais are changing colors as fast as 79-year-old King Bhumibol Adulyadej dons a green polo shirt after emerging in public in a pink blazer. Public demand turned green after His Majesty the King appeared in a green jacket on his return to Siriraj Hospital on Tuesday to visit his elder sister, Princess Galyani Vadhana. Last week, pink was in after the king emerged from hospitalization in a pink blazer.

Opposition leader Kevin Rudd has finally acknowledged the video which apparently showed him picking and eating his own ear wax in parliament, saying he wished his behavior could have been "more ideal. " The video, played in YouTube. com and circulated via email around the world, showed a younger Rudd doing the ear-dig thing during his earlier years as a member of parliament.

United States Vice President Dick Cheney has reportedly taken up his rifle and has gone back to the shooting range Monday, in upstate New York. This time, the preferred location was the Hudson River Valley, where the vice president spent the entire day in the privacy of the Clove Valley Rod & Gun Club, located at Dutchess County, just outside of Lagrangeville.