It's important to know how to accessorize your St. Bernard for an urban environment.

Russia has come up with a great idea to improve the image of their nuclear industry, a beauty pageant. Each of the 200 participants in the "Miss nuclear reactor 2009" contest are connected in some way to the nuclear power business. The only problem I see is figuring out which of the winner's heads to put the crown on.

New Jersey State Police plan on going car-fishing with the help of divers and underwater robots next month. Environmentalists say many cars and trucks have been shoved into the lower Hackensack River, polluting the northern New Jersey waterway with gasoline, oil and antifreeze. The car-fishing crew will attach air bags to lift them to the surface so they can be hauled off.

Nicole Marie Loretta Leonard, 25, has been charged with disturbing a funeral and disorderly conduct. She danced in front of the service, waved a wand around the casket, opened the lid, laid her hands on the deceased's head and struck the body with a wand. Tammy Fausel said her family were shocked at what happened during her uncle's service. "Everybody was just kind of flabbergasted. They didn't know what was going on," she said. When police asked Nicole why she acted the way she did, she said, "she felt that it was the right thing to do at the time." That's right Nicole, go with your gut.

I'm not sure this really saves you any time.

A new French website allows children to pay older students to do their homework for them. Faismesdevoirs.com (domyhomework.com) allows children to buy answers to simple maths problems for 5 euros ($6), while a full end-of-year presentation complete with slides and speaking notes costs 80 euros ($100). Founder Stephane Boukris says, "I realized there was a gap in the market. Add to that a dose of insolence, a zest of arrogance and the internet, and you have faismesdevoirs.com." I thought cheating on homework was what older siblings were for.

eldavojohn writes "Twenty Five years ago this week a little film called 'This is Spinal Tap' came out that probably confused many but became what is arguably the greatest cult film of all time. Now you can catch Tap on their 25th Anniversary Tour where they'll be playing not only Spinal Tap songs but also numbers from A Mighty Wind. Michael McKean, Christopher Guest and Harry Shearer will be hitting 30 cities on a tour soon."

What it lacks in privacy it makes up for in leg room.

Creative Paper attracted worldwide interest for its paper made of kangaroo droppings in 2005. Well it's been four years and the best and brightest at Creative Paper haven't been sitting on their laurels. What's their great new idea? They have now launched a kind of paper made from wombat poo. Scat-obsessed Darren Simpson from Creative Paper says the paper is green or gold depending on the time of year the droppings are harvested. The wombat paper will be unveiled at an international paper conference in Burnie, Australia later this month.

A shopper at a Wal-Mart made a gruesome find when he discovered the wallet he had just purchased contained 10 human teeth. The teeth were determined to be from an adult; one of them had a filling, police said. DNA tests can not be done on the teeth because there was no blood or gum tissue attached. When asked what he planned on doing with the wallet, he answered, "I plan on being more polite to the customer service people when I return it than the last guy."

Liverpool's Hope University has launched a Master of Arts degree in The Beatles. "The Beatles, Popular Music and Society" consists of four 12-week taught modules and a dissertation. "There have been over 8,000 books about The Beatles but there has never been serious academic study and that is what we are going to address," said Mike Brocken, senior lecturer in popular music at Hope.

Emma Schweiger discovered a blue and silver Nokia phone inside a bag of Clancy's Ripple Potato Chips. Schweiger said that the phone had a T-Mobile logo and a discolored circle on the back which looks like it was attached to someone's belt. "I will never, ever eat chips out of a bag again," she said. "They will be dumped in the bowl." The people at Clancy's have just laid down the gauntlet to the folks at Cracker Jack. It will be interesting to see who comes out on top of the new snack food prize war.

While it is more elusive, the balloon castle is also 80% more susceptible to siege engine damage.

An anonymous reader writes "I am a trek fan and excited about the new movie, but this is too much. From the Trek Movie Article: 'Genki Wear, known for its licensed science fiction jewelry and perfumes, has produced what might be the most unusual Star Trek product ever: Star Trek colognes and perfume based on the original 1960s television show. ... There are three fragrances planned for 2009 with the monikers 'Tiberius," "Red Shirt" and "Ponn Farr."'" Are they telling us we stink?

Proving that there is no limit to how stupid the stoner mind can be, a 20-year-old man is facing animal cruelty and possession of marijuana charges for stuffing his cat into a homemade bong. Authorities, responding to a domestic disturbance call at the residence, caught him smoking marijuana from a contraption that had his cat stuffed inside its 12-inch by 6-inch base. The man told Lancaster County, Nebraska sheriff's deputies the 6-month-old female named Shadow had been hyper and that he was trying to calm her down. Officials say they will test the cat for lung damage and are amazed at the number of cheeseburgers she can eat.

If you've ever wanted to pick up the phone, and leave a message for god, dutch artist Johan van der Dong has just the number for you. Johan has set up a local telephone number in the Netherlands, where he urges people to leave messages for God on his answering machine. "Like praying, leaving a voicemail message is a way to organize your thoughts," he said. "It's a perfect combination for some contemplation." If you dial 06-4424-4901 (or +316-4424-4901 if calling from outside the Netherlands) starting March 7 you will hear, "Hi, you are speaking to God. I'm not in right now so leave a message after the beep." It's strange that the almighty doesn't have a vanity number or at least one that is easier to remember.

If you need this, you are doing it wrong.

After three years of research, including examining 503 pieces of fluff from his own belly button, Georg Steinhauser has discovered a type of body hair that traps stray pieces of lint and draws them into the navel. Dr Steinhauser's observations showed that "small pieces of fluff first form in the hair and then end up in the navel at the end of the day." Chemical analysis revealed the pieces of fluff were not just made up of cotton from clothing. Wrapped up in the lint were also flecks of dead skin, fat, sweat and dust. Unfortunately, further study has failed to yield a hair or fiber that would give Dr. Steinhauser the last three years of his life back.

There is a lot of argument about whether colleges have become glorified diploma factories. Learning for learning's sake seems to have disappeared, and college is about getting a job or learning a trade. There are still some colleges, however, that offer unique classes on non-standard educational topics. Here are 15 of the strangest classes that will help earn you a degree. My favorites are, "The Art of Walking" and "Far Side Entomology."

Ryanair airline's chief executive, Michael O'Leary, has said that the airline might start charging passengers for using the toilet while flying. "One thing we have looked at in the past and are looking at again is the possibility of maybe putting a coin slot on the toilet door so that people might actually have to spend a pound ($1.43) to spend a penny in future," O'Leary told BBC television. It won't be long before airlines will start charging for air. Why should they eat the entire cost of pressurizing the cabin?