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A 36-year-old man has admitted stealing the mummified head of an 800-year-old 'Crusader' from a church in Dublin. 'The Crusader' was decapitated at the crypt in St Michan's Church, Church Street in February of this year and stolen, along with another skull.

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Police found themselves in pursuit of a different kind of suspect recently – a goat. Officers in Oakland in the US state of Maine posted on Facebook that they had responded to a call of a goat chasing after a woman down a street, WMTW8 reports.

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Frequent fliers are being told to include their air miles in their wills. People who travel often can amass points worth tens of thousands of pounds that become void upon death due to airlines' terms and conditions.

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A man has been fined after he branded a shark with his personal insignia. The incident outraged anglers after photos appeared on Facebook.

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A man who stole a human skull and kept it for more than a year has been jailed for four months. Lucas Dawe, 20, found the skull exposed within a mausoleum-style tomb in an Anglican cemetery.

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A man was apprehended by police in the Polish town of Pajeczna after he was caught drunk driving – a Soviet tank. Local police said he had commandeered a 36-tonne T-55 battle tank armed with 100m cannon able to hit targets 10 miles away.

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A police department has apologised after encouraging people to turn in the father of their kids if they have outstanding warrants – on Father's Day. “Does your child’s father have warrants?” asked the Topeka Police Department on Twitter.

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A man was detained by police after giving his dogs "illegal" names in an eastern province of China. The dog breeder, in his early 30s, reportedly named two dogs "Chengguan" and "Xieguan" – which refer to the job titles of local state employees.

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A man who robbed a bank with a banana has been sentenced to 14 months in prison. Laurence James Vonderdell, 50, admitted offences of robbery and possessing an imitation firearm – a banana covered with an orange plastic bag.

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Thousands of criminal cases are being reviewed after the family of a judge said he had been going to work drunk. The allegations were made in guardianship papers filed by the family of Judge William T. Marshall, 62, an elected judge in southern Ohio.

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Drone owners could land in jail for up to a year if they fly their drone while drunk under new laws. Legislation passed by Japan's parliament this week provides for prison sentences and fines of up to 300,000 yen (around £2,200) for those caught flying a drone while intoxicated.

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Paramedics will be armed and told to use necessary force when responding to certain high-risk situations under a new law. The medical professionals will have to complete annual firearm safety and "tactical" training under the measure, set to take effect in the US state of Florida from July.

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A man who was allegedly caught with cocaine on his nose during a traffic stop claimed that it "was not his", police said. Officers who pulled over the car in the early hours of Sunday morning noticed a "white powdery substance" on a passenger's nose.

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Glasgow School of Art has failed to claim back £500,000 in tax after a court ruled that a door between two buildings could not be classified as a fire exit. The art school, whose world-famous Mackintosh Building has burned down twice in four years, had wrongly reclaimed VAT on the door.

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Two men allegedly tried to use a blowtorch to break into an ATM – but instead welded it shut. The Florida men were apparently trying to break open the machine, on Okaloosa Island, Fox News reports.

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