Manchester United and Real Madrid soccer players get sold for millions of dollars, often enough to run a small country.

But things are a little different in Romania, where star players are being swapped for utilities to run their small country.

The mayor of the western town of Lupeni in Romania is offering the top player of his second division football team in exchange for a gas pipeline, ananova.com reports.

The report said that mayor Cornel Rasmerita, who is also the head of the Minerul football team disclosed that he is willing to sell his key goalkeeper Christian Belgradean to first division team Jiul for something his town needs.

Australia's largest wine producer has unveiled its new product, an all-in-one wine bottle with an attached wine "glass" made out of acrylic.

The "Shuttle" wine bottle is sealed with a detachable securely sealed acrylic wine glass, which comes upside down over the bottle. The detachment of the "glass" from the bottle is simple in that it twists right off to release it.

Whiskey made at George Washington's Mount Vernon farm has sold for $100,000 at auction.

Two bottles of a limited 24-bottle run of George Washington Distillery Straight Rye Whiskey, the first run produced at Mount Vernon in over 200 years, set the world record auction price for a bottle of American whiskey.

In the highly-competitive world of the California Institute of Technology, one of the most popular class is its cooking class where the final exam-meal is graded by a Nobel laureate. The whiz students say they enjoy the fun and relaxed atmosphere and amazing food.

"We have amazingly gifted people in science and engineering and they are viewed by many people as nerdy," said Caltech's president, Jean-Lou Chameau.