NASA is studying whether golf is safe in space. Mission controllers are considering whether to let a Russian cosmonaut drive a gold-plated golf ball off the international space station in August. The Russians have agreed to the publicity stunt for Canadian golf club maker Element 21 Golf.

Russian fishermen planning to use dynamite to catch fish accidentally blew up a train instead. Explosive fishing is illegal in Russia but still very popular because the blasted fish are stunned and float to the surface, which leaves them easy prey to be scooped from the water for consumption on the dinner table.

Former Microsoft software developer Charles Simonyi is set to become a space tourist for a visit to the International Space Station (ISS), the orbital tourism firm Space Adventures reported. Simonyi, 58, will ride a Russian-built Soyuz spacecraft to the ISS where he will stay in fairly low star accommodation for a week.

A woman in Russia reportedly survives a fall from the 11th floor of her apartment building. Russia's Channel One television says Tuesday that the 21-year-old woman from the Ural Mountains region of Bashkortostan is being treated for concussion, bruises and a displaced spine.

A 75-year-old Russian grandfather has become a porn star after wandering into a blue movie audition by mistake. David Bozdoganov unknowingly wandered into the Gorodcki production company's studios after mistaking posters for erotic actors as an advert for a strong man show.