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A lawyer who was fired from a courthouse job after being accused of impersonating a judge has won a judicial election in Chicago. Rhonda Crawford, 45, was the only candidate named on the ballot for a Cook County judicial subcircuit, NBC Chicago reports.

An Austrian man has won a court case over whether he can change his family name back to "Zebra". The man wanted to reclaim the surname his grandfather abandoned in the 1950s, but was blocked by a lower court which argued it was a non-Austrian invented name.

Canada's official immigration and citizenship website crashed last night - just as the outcome of the US presidential election became clear. People who tried to access the website at around 11pm Eastern Time - shortly after Florida and Ohio were declared for Trump - found a message which read: "Ther

Two dogs were "arrested" by gardaí after chasing a cyclist through Dublin on Saturday, the Irish Independent reports. The "noisy howlers" were barking at a bike when gardaí picked them up and locked them in a cell at Finglas Garda Station.

A 51-year-old lawyer has revealed how he keeps his cardiologist happy by walking two miles an hour on a treadmill under his desk. Alexander John Wilbraham, who works in the Washington, D.C. office of Magic Circle firm Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, installed the $1,500 piece of equipment after suff

A would-be bike thief was stopped in his tracks after he was caught – by a cowboy. Robert Borba was in a Walmart car park in Eagle Point, Orgeon when he heard a woman shout that a thief had taken her bike.

Drivers who dazzle their fellow motorists with full-beam headlights have been punished by being forced to stare into the lights for a minute. Police in southern China have posted photos of the scheme on Weibo, saying: "Tonight we are carrying out punishments using a high beam.”

A court clerk's boyfriend pleaded guilty to "failing to maintain a demeanour as a stone cold fox and allowing her to trespass on your heart" in a heart-felt courtroom proposal on Friday. Judge Joe Locascio in Kansas City played along with the novel proposal as court clerk Kalina Blosser sat next to

A police officer tasked with reviewing traffic light footage and issuing tickets was forced to censure himself for running a red light. Officer Tim Glover of the Haines City Police Department in Florida didn't realise his infraction until two weeks after the fact.

A would-be robber was caught and handed over to police after he was tackled by a shopkeeper with a black belt in martial arts. Liam Meighan, 23, allegedly tried to steal Buckfast and cigarettes using a concealed stick that he claimed was a gun.

A grandmother exasperated with thieves stealing her garden hose for use in recreational drug-taking has left them a piece for free. Julia McCall told news.com.au that she was baffled by strangers repeatedly slashing her garden hose and stealing small sections - until her son explained that "people t

A city in China has been forced to scrap a scheme that allows members of the public to exchange cigarette butts for tissues due to abuse. Authorities in Shengzhou, Zhejiang Province set up the exchange scheme in a bid to encourage people to pick up cigarette butts, offering a pack of tissues for eve

A 40-year-old Frenchman has announced he will go to court to win the right to smile in his passport photo. Named only as "Thierry" in the French media, the man has launched a legal bid after his passport photo was rejected by French authorities.

A senior police officer is facing disciplinary action after allegedly flashing her breasts during a drunken row with a female colleague at a conference intended to improve the perception of policewomen. Rebekah Sutcliffe, assistant chief constable of Greater Manchester Police, faces the sack as inve

A woman has been arrested in the US after smearing thirty cars with smooth peanut butter outside what she believed was a Donald Trump rally - but was actually a meeting of a local conservation club. Christina Ferguson, 32, entered a meeting of Tomorrow River Conservation Club holding a "family-size