A 28-year-old knife-wielding man held his job recruiter hostage his job recruiter in Quezon City, Philippines Monday after the recruiter refused to return the man's 87 cent registration fee. Gilmer Sacote of Quezon City, Philippines, accused his recruiter, the Triple 1 Manpower Agency of cheating him.

Sacote held Ergie Arcala at knifepoint for four hours, after the latter refused to return the $0.87 he paid the recruitment company as registration fee. It was found that the firm was the fifth recruitment agency Sacote had sought employment in six months.

Police are searching for a couple who threatened a 19-year-old woman Sunday evening and cut off her waist-length hair with a pair of scissors.

The man and the woman couple attacked Simone Regina Penteado and told her if she did not stand still they would kill her with the knife. They took off with about 36 inches of the girl's hair.

Police in Somerset County, Pennsylvania are trying to solve a strange case of a stolen salad. A man has reportedly registered a complaint that a stranger kicked in his door Monday and stole a salad from his refrigerator while he was at a local bar.

According to AP reports, there were no other items reported missing except the salad from his house. Additionally, the man also said he found a knife stuck into his apartment door.

In an unusual ruling, a judge in Canada has ordered a man to not to form "a romantic relationship of an intimate nature with a female person." The verdict came as part of the punishment to Steven Cranley, 24, who pleaded guilty on Tuesday to abusing his former lover.

According to court documents, Cranley began quarreling with his girlfriend after getting upset with her over their recent breakup. When his girlfriend tried to call police, he attacked her, cut telephone wires and when a roommate tried to intervene he threatened to slit their throats.

A 31-year-old woman from Mesa, Arizona, was arrested earlier this week after stabbing her boyfriend in the back when he threatened to leave her.

Betty Deharo, who brought a Cadillac for her boyfriend two days ago, could not control her anger when he started to pack his belongings to leave in the same car. Police booked Deharo on suspicion of aggravated assault and criminal damage Tuesday at 4 pm.