Two armed robbers were no match for a brave 9-year-old boy who came to the rescue during a break-in at his Michigan home.Quick-thinking Jaden Kanka has been hailed a hero after two men forced their way into the Hazel Park property on Sunday.His mother and her boyfriend Jerome Brown were ordered to lie on the ground at gunpoint with blankets over their heads as one of the men searched the house, po

When this outsize outlaw ambushes you in the forest, he doesn't need a bow and arrow.The hungry elephant - who uses his trunk to snaffle food from cars - got a liking for tasty treats when living near a monastery, where friendly monks fed him.The five-tonne beast now lies in wait for travellers in the style of Robin Hood and his Merry Men.But rather than the stuff of legend, Friar Tusk is all too

A 55-year-old teacher at Seoul High School in South Korea has been jailed after he allegedly beat up a student, then immediately went into a hallway and masturbated in front of passing students.According to the Seoul Department of Education, the teacher became irate when he noticed that a student was listening to music through a set of headphones during class.The teacher, identified only as "Mr. A

The police at Sango Ota, Ogun State, southwest Nigeria, have arrested a cow following the killing of a 24-year old man identified as Azeez Salako.Apparently youths in Ilata Ota were planning to hold a carnival on Saturday 27 April, 2013 and there was an argument between some of the youths which led to a fight.One of the boys identified as Dayo broke a bottle which he used to stab Salako to death.W

Managers at Pigott Maskew in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe were forced to lock themselves in the company's  boardroom when about 160 workers stormed the company offices demanding their 10 months' outstanding salaries.The company's general manager, Mr Joseph Gunda reportedly fled the company premises soon after getting wind that the workers wanted to confront management.The   workers  

Man labeled different begging bowls with names of religions or belief systems to see which one was the most generous.An image posted on Reddit shows the man with a sign bearing the message 'which religion cares the most about the homeless?' and nine begging bowls in front of him.Each bowl is placed on top of a piece of paper bearing the words 'Muslim', 'atheist', 'Jewish', 'Buddhist', 'spiritual'

Users of social media sites are set to lose control of – and potential revenue from – photographs posted online.They will no longer have automatic rights over their work unless they record every image with online registries.The new Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Act, which passed through Parliament last week, permits the commercial use of 'orphan' images, where information identifying the o

A video of a woman motorist attempting to park her car has gone viral with over one million views in just five days.Students Ciaran Doherty and Ciaran Shannon shot the film as they watched the hapless driver from a nearby house.It showed her taking around half an hour to reverse her car into a gap between two vehicles on a street in Belfast.The pair, together with other friends, uploaded their vi

For decades, students at Wilcox County High School held two separate proms for black and white students. That ended on Saturday, thanks to the efforts of four students, two black and two white, who rallied to hold an integrated prom.For decades the school board has relied on parents to host and control invitations, and to year after year there were two dances - one for white students, and one for

A 25-old-year Nigerian man in Ebonyi state fatally stabbed his 15-year-old cousin after he allegedly dreamed that the deceased was among people plotting to kill him.The suspect reportedly woke up from a "horrible dream", immediately took a machete and stabbed the victim.The victim was rushed to the Federal Teaching Hospital Abakaliki, where he later died on the early hours of Saturday.Police repo

Ashley Guldager, a 21-year-old Oregon woman, was jailed Monday after police found a dead cat strapped to a makeshift operating table surrounded by jumper cables, scissors, a knife and a wet sponge.According to police, officers were dispatched to a Milkaukie residence after Guldager's roommate walked in to find a horrific site in the downstairs bathroom.Investigators say the roommate walked into h

A burglary suspect who escaped from police by climbing into a sewer is feared to have died from the fumes.The suspect was one of two men seen fleeing from a rooftop before he disappeared into a storm drain.Despite a search of the underground system by firefighters and Yorkshire Water specialist staff he has not been found.It is feared he may have been overcome by fumes in the sewers Leeds, West Yo

A UK mother forced her 14-year-old daughter to become pregnant with sperm bought over the internet after she was prevented from adopting any more children.The daughter, a virgin, gave birth after two years of regularly inseminating herself with the sperm because she was too scared to refuse her "domineering" mother, The Guardian has reported.The adoptive mother, who cannot be named for fear of ide

An Indian daredevil who tried to cross a rope bridge on a zip-wire attached to his ponytail has died.Sailendra Nath Roy was attempting a Guinness world record attempt by travelling 180m (600ft) across the Teesta river in West Bengal state when he suffered a massive heart attack.The 50-year-old's hair became trapped in the zip-line earlier in the attempt, but he managed to carry on 20m (70ft) abov

34-year-old Monde Mkhwanazi from Vosloorus in Ekurhuleni, South Africa said he went to his local Cashbuild shop to buy a lock, but ended up being humiliated when one of the banknotes he paid with was found to be fake.Speaking to Daily Sun about his ordeal, Monde said: "The cashier said I had paid with a fake R10 note. I apologised and said I would go home to get more cash."Then some workers said t