A British company will be opening a mile-high club later this year that will give couples willing to shell out hundreds of dollars the chance to fly 5,580 feet in the air on a private "love jet. " With the service, couples who have always wanted to be a part of the mile-high club can do so without the fear of facing the large fines (and embarrassment) they'd have to deal with if they attempted to join the club on a commercial flight. Couples, who are promised discretion, will have a choice of three kinds of trips: a 30-minute "Quickie," an hour-long flight, or a "VIP" flight that lasts 90 minutes. Prices range from about $500 to $1,500.

When the world's tallest man, Sun Ming from China, officially joined the American Basketball Association, he was given an XXXXXXL sweat shirt to wear, and it still didn't fit him. ABA is touting 23-year-old Ming as the tallest player in the history of professional basketball, with a height of 7 foot 8 and 3/4 inches (236 cm). Ming wears size 19 shoes and weighs at least 335 pounds. As a new entrant to Maryland Nighthawks, he wore a uniform with the number 79 - symbolic of his giant height.

Four workers clearing debris along the Great Miami River have been entertaining themselves with a frozen eight-foot snake found in Southwest Ohio on Monday. The McGraw-Kokosing Inc. workers were reportedly cleaning debris from recent floods and filling a sinkhole when they found the boa constrictor. The snake was found stretched out near a bike path along the river.

A jilted bride in Portland, Dorset, England has decided to push through with her wedding reception and used her pet dot to replace her wandering groom. Instead of wallowing in self-pity after being dumped by her groom two weeks before her wedding, Emma Knight, 41, decided she wants to party and have a good time. According to The Sun newspaper, Knight dressed her faithful dog Dennis as the bridegroom after her fiancee, Paul Fox, 37 broke off their engagement.

A shop in York, England, banned a 2-year-old boy from wearing a hood inside the store. Staff at the Monkton Road Store said Jay Cowper had to take off his jacket because the store has a strict "no hoods" policy. But the boy's grandfather, John Cowper, would not relent and just walked out of the store. It was freezing cold when the grandfather and grandson went to go shopping.