An Italian police officer has been fired for 'cross-dressing' when not on duty. The officer, identified as a deputy superintendent on an Italian police force, was sacked after he was seen, on several occasions, in the center of Venice wearing a mini-skirt, long earrings and a skimpy T-shirt aimed at showing off his navel, ANSA news agency reported on Friday.

An Australian man was denied permission to board a connecting flight within Australia unless he removed the T-shirt titled "World's #1 Terrorist" with a picture of U. S. President George W. Bush. The incident occurred on December 2 when Allen Jasson, who lives in London, was stopped by security personals at an airport while he was en route to meet his family. He was at the terminal hoping to catch a connecting flight from Adelaide to Melbourne when his ordeal began.

Need a hug? Well scientists have developed a Hug Shirt that can cuddle and hug. The shirt employs new technology that lets the wearer remotely hug another user via use of Bluetooth. Nominated as one of the best Inventions of 2006 by Time Magazine! the device is activated when a friend sends you a virtual hug. The wearers cell phone notifies the shirt wirelessly, via Bluetooth technology and then re-creates that person's distinctive hug, replicating his or her warmth, pressure, duration and even heartbeat.

Upper Darby authorities are taking the term "fashion police" to a new level as they try to meet holiday orders for a t-shirt emblazoned with an anti-crime message. "We are now the fashion police, this is part of our war on drugs to let people know we don't want scum bags in our town," said Police Superintendent Michael Chitwood.