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A Japanese steakhouse faces legal action after a man claimed part of a dinner show where his wife was squirted with water from a plastic toy was a "sexual-style assault".

A non-Spanish-speaking teacher is suing the Southern District of Florida for refusing to let her teach the language.

A woman has launched a legal case at the High Court in London in an attempt to stop her neighbours from from using spicy chillies in their cooking.

An American man relived a plotline from TV sitcom Seinfeld by allegedly attempting to profit from a neighbouring state's bottle deposit scheme. Brian Everidge will appear in court charged with one felony count of beverage return of non-refundable bottles - a charge carrying penalties of up to five y

Residents of a Colorado town have been warned not to drink tap water after it repeatedly tested positive for THC, the main psychoactive component in cannabis. The alarm was raised after field tests on tap water in the town of Hugo, population 720, returned positive results.

Sniffer dogs are to be recruited in Greece to sniff out potential tax dodgers who try to take cash out of the crisis-hit country. The Finance Ministry said it would be constructing a team to assess tenders for the provision of dogs tasked with detecting cash.

Cunning cops have tried to lure in fugitives with the promise of catching a rare Pokémon in GPS-based mobile game sensation Pokémon Go. A tongue-in-cheek invitation extended on Facebook to a list of more than 500 "lucky" fugitives urges them to hurry to the police headquarters' booking area.

A man has been accused of using a stolen human brain to get high. Joshua Long, 26, was charged with abuse of a corpse after a relative discovered a human brain stuffed into a WalMart bag.

A benefits claimant trying to check his balance was shocked to be put through to a premium sex line when he rang the number on the back of his electronic benefit card. In an unfortunate misprint, the number provided on some cards put callers through to a live chat line.

An elderly woman has been questioned by police after she filled in a crossword – not realising it was a piece of modern art. The unnamed pensioner, who is 91, was questioned under caution after doing the crossword, which is valued at €80,000 (£67,000).

A man has pleaded guilty to a number of charges relating to unauthorised tissue removal of someone he met in a hotel. Allan George Matthews, 57, admitted charges of “removing tissues from the body of another without consent or authority”. However, he pleaded not guilty to a charge of reckless gr

Police were called to halt an illegal rubber duck race in a Gloucestershire village on Sunday. The race, which took place at Bourton-on-the-water in the Cotswolds, angered one local resident so much they called the police, invoking an ancient law that prohibits fundraising on a Sunday.

A Scottish woman who claimed she was on her way to a wool shop when she tailed and attacked a fellow driver has been told by a sheriff she must prove her knitting prowess by producing a “not meagre amount” of “multiple knitted items” to be sold to a charity shop when she re-appears in court.

A region in Russia refused to accept divorce applications on its equivalent of Valentine’s Day last week. Authorities in Novgorod said that no applications would be accepted on Peter and Fevronia Day, which sees people celebrate family and faithfulness.

Men who let their trousers sag so low that their bottoms show will be liable for a $600 fine in one small South Carolina town. Councillors agreed to put the wearing of "pants, trousers, or shorts such that the known undergarments are intentional displayed/exposed" on par with public nudity and displ