Fit for a true fan: Brazil hairdresser etches stars' faces on heads
Looking for a new way to pay homage to your favorite sportsman or singer? At a salon just outside the Brazilian city of Sao Paulo, artistic hairdresser Nariko is offering a stylish option -- etching the profiles of the famous onto the sides and back of his clients' heads.
Winning Welsh Conservative thanks unknown penis artist
A winning Conservative candidate in Britain's general election said on Friday he would like to thank the anonymous voter who drew a penis next to his name on the ballot paper and had it counted as a valid vote. Glyn Davies, elected in the Welsh seat of Montgomeryshire, said he was grateful for the support, even though he was not sure the artist had intended it.
Arkansas dog bites the bullet, eating 23 rounds of ammunition
After devouring a television remote, a lawn mower gas filter and bras, Benno, a 4-year-old Belgian Malinois dog, outdid himself by consuming nearly two dozen bullets. "He acted like nothing was wrong until he threw up," Benno's owner, Larry Brassfield of Mountain Home, Arkansas, said on Friday adding that is when he discovered a nearly three-inch long bullet in the puddle.
Britons vote - for their national bird
British voters will set the tone for the future on Thursday by choosing a national bird. Unlike the United States, which has the bald eagle, France, the rooster, and Brazil, the rufous-bellied thrush, the United Kingdom has no official bird as its symbol.