Local authorities arrested three men who made an instructional video about how to "scam" fast food restaurants into giving free food.

The three men, 32-year-old Robert Echeverria and 18-year-olds Ian Anthony Roman and Brian Fawcett reportedly made a home video, entitled "How To Scam Del Taco," where they show the process of making a Rialto Del Taco restaurant hand over free food - in this case, seven tacos, a large order of fries, two quesadillas with extra chicken, and two sodas.

A man from China got the shock of his life upon discovering a chicken he placed in the freezer for two days came out alive and crowing.

According to Gan Shugen, of Chengdu City, he got the hen which was wrapped in a thick plastic bag with its legs bound as a gift from a relative.

Golf balls swallowed by and extracted from a snake were placed for sale on eBay, with the highest bid totalling $1,401 Australian, or $1,253 US.

The four balls which were taken from inside a carpet python at the Currumbin Wildlife Sanctuary last week were posted for sale on the online auction, still unwashed. The winner will also receive X-rays and photographs of Augusta, the python, with the balls still inside, and after the balls were taken out by surgery.

Here's some welcome news for those who love to hate washing the dishes after eating.

A food firm based in Birmingham has invented a bowl totally made out of bread which could be filled up with soup - , chili or curry, before the diner gets to gulp down the bowl too.

DNA trails found by authorities on chicken bones led to the identification and arrest of a man on burglary charges.

The chicken bones found in an apartment burglarized last November were examined by police, who surmised that the robber got hungry in the middle of his heist and helped himself to the chicken.