A Norwegian appeal court ruling has declared that striptease is an art and should therefore be exempt from value-added tax (VAT). Three judges ruled unanimously that "striptease, in the way it is practiced in this case, is a form of dance combined with acting. " It was compared to other stage acts that enjoy VAT exemption in Norway.

A four-year-old boy changed into his Power Ranger costume to defend his family from armed robbers who broke into their home in Durham, North Carolina, it was reported. The News and Observer reported on Friday that two armed robbers entered the home of Stevie Long, 4, by approaching his mother's boyfriend outside of their apartment. The robbers then pushed the boy into the apartment together with his mother Jennifer Long, her five-year-old daughter Mary, a cousin and two others, then pushed them to the floor at gunpoint.

The pen may be mightier then the sword, but it apparently is not mightier then the computer keyboard, reports the Washington Post. The newspaper reports that when handwritten essays were introduced on the 2006 SAT exams, less then 15 percent of the 1. 5 million students wrote their answers in cursive. The rest printed, in block letters.

Gold can be worth a hefty sum of money especially if it's by royalty. A rare gold coin commissioned by Britain's King Charles I has been sold for over $305,000 at an auction. The rare item - produced between 1642 and 1644 by the king's Dutch designer Abraham Van Der Dort and worth $4 when it was minted - has become the most expensive item of legal tender ever sold in Britain.

A Chinese woman was charged with manslaughter after she accidentally killed her husband with a sword when he refused to make dinner for her. The couple had been married for three years. According to a report by the Shanghai Daily Tuesday, police said Tang Xiaowan, 25, who has been practicing swordsmanship since she was young, had often forced her husband to carry out her demands at sword's point.