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Drunk Elk Terrorizes Swedish School

Children in a Swedish school are still terrified after a drunk elk terrorized them during school hours.

The elk has been wondering around the southern Sweden school for days. School officials contacted police who may have to shoot the 1,000-pound animal. Officials said the elk probably ate fermented apples and became inebriated.

90-Year-Old Faces Fine For Buying Sexual Favors

A 90-year-old Swedish man faces a fine for buying sexual favor, which is illegal in Sweden.

According to a police official, the elderly man was identified among customers who last year had visited a brothel.

Over 1,200 Joneses Gather in Wales to Break World Record

If your last name is Jones, you missed out on the biggest gala ever held in your honor yesterday. Over 1,200 Joneses gathered Friday in Cardiff to break the world record for the largest assembly of people with the same name.

Gaggles of Joneses flocked to the Wales Millennium Centre for the event, dubbed "Jones, Jones, Jones".

Study Finds British Teenagers Among Most Badly Behaved In Europe

A study by a British think tank has given UK youth the dubious distinction of being the most badly behaved teenagers in all of Europe.

The institute looked at the results of a number of studies of adolescents conducted in recent years.

Polish Priests Asked To Read Names Of Drunk Drivers At Pulpit

Prosecutors in Poland, where Catholicism is the dominant religion, are asking priests to read the names of people who drink and drive from the pulpit. There is a high death rate from drunk driving in the country, and prosecutors think that public shaming may cut the rate down.

Rafal Grabia, a prosecutor in the mountain town of Zywiec in southern Poland, tells Reuters, "We post the names of convicted drunk drivers at town halls. But who reads that? The information is not reaching family, friends and neighbors."