Scotland Yard is calling on some expert fashionistas for a redesign of their iconic but impractical bell-shaped high helmets and uniforms.

They never saw it coming. Philadelphia city inspectors shut down more than a dozen psychics, astrologers and tarot-card readers after learning about a decades-old state law that bans fortune-telling for profit.

We're happier with customer service than we used to be, and we know it, so like the kid's song says, we should be clapping our hands.

Ryan Fitzgerald is unemployed, lives with his father and has a little bit of time on his hands.

So, he decided to offer his ear, to anyone who wants to call. After posting a video with his cellphone number on YouTube on Friday, the 20-year-old told The Boston Globe he has received more than 5,000 calls and text messages.

A Swedish hospital wants to ban Crocs because it claims the plastic clogs generate a static charge that wreaks havoc with its medical equipment.

Southern Sweden's Blekinge hospital believes that the popular shoes produced by Connecticut-based Crocs Inc. are behind at least three incidents in which respirators and other machines malfunctioned.

A German entrepreneur has set up a "separation agency," helping those who just can't find the courage or the words to end their relationships.

Walt Disney Co. is pulling back the veil on a new line of bridal gowns inspired by its fairy-tale films.

Researchers at Simon Fraser University in Burnaby, B.C., have produced the world's smallest published book, measuring just 0.07 by 0.10 millimetres.

A new sniff patrol may soon be making the rounds in Ogden, Utah, in a bid to scrub the city free of offensive odours.

A California dealership specializing in hot rods and muscle cars is offering a piece of 1980s TV kitsch for sale: the black 1982 Pontiac Trans Am from Knight Rider.

A Munich-based clothing company is hoping its high-tech lederhosen – traditional Bavarian leather shorts with braces – will strike a chord with cutting-edge German yodelers.