A retired, 76-year-old man has pleaded in court for a divorce from his wife of 50 years, due to a 'sexless' marriage, but was turned down, according to local reports. The man, identified in local newspapers by his surname Ma, complained that he had not slept with his wife for years, the China Daily reported.

A British windsurfer who went for a quick sail off the south Wales coast, had been so strongly moved by the wind, that he ended up 42 miles off course across a section of dangerous shipping lanes, according to reports. Adam Cowles, 24, was blown from Swansea to southwest England, dodging cargo ships as he breezed by in an adventurous, if not deadly, sail.

Jason Wood overcame a field of 29 competitors to win the southwest Florida regional finals of a "Rock, Paper, Scissors" tournament. He threw a "rock," beating Erin Smith's "scissors" and winning a trip to Vegas.

Retailer Abercrombie & Fitch will stop selling some of its T-shirts after a national boycott by teenage girls who objected to slogans on the apparel such as "Who needs brains when you have these?". The teen-oriented company, often criticized for its suggestive advertising featuring scantily-clad young models, did not specify which T-shirts it would pull.

Thieves have apparently stolen the "flying" Ford Anglia car used in the Harry Potter films. British police say it vanished at some time between Wednesday and Thursday afternoons. The blue 1960s-style car's disappeared from under a South West Film Studios in St Agnes, Cornwall, south-west England.