Some of the more random headlines from the BBC News website over the last week or so:
- US school confiscates pupils’ meals: School officials in the US state of Utah apologise after a worker confiscated lunches from students whose parents were in arrears on meal payments.
- Boulder smashes through Italian farm: Dramatic pictures are released showing the destruction wrought by a huge boulder that smashed through a farm in northern Italy after being dislodged by a landslide.
- Meteorite medals for Sochi winners: Ten gold medallists at the Sochi Winter Olympics will each receive an extra medal containing chips from the famous Chelyabinsk meteorite.
- Barca fan to design Real Madrid stadium: Real Madrid’s new football stadium will be designed by an FC Barcelona supporter.
- Rowling ‘got Potter romance wrong’: Harry Potter author JK Rowling appears to suggest the boy wizard would have been a better match for Hermione Granger than Ron Weasley in a new magazine interview.
- Parting kiss ‘traps Paris robber’: An alleged jewellery store robber who says he kissed a hostage out of compassion was tracked down through his DNA, a Paris newspaper reports.
- Indians bin official over rubbish: Residents in the north Indian city of Kanpur force a local councillor onto a rubbish heap in frustration at the build-up of mounds of waste.
- Toddlers take up extreme sports: Australian toddlers take up extreme sports such as BMX biking, rock climbing and skateboarding.
- Earliest UK human footprints found: Scientists discover the earliest evidence of human footprints outside of Africa on the Norfolk coast in Eastern England.
- Angry villagers want to quit Uganda: Ugandan villagers want to redraw the border and join Rwanda so they can have access to basic services.
- ‘Love tents’ for volcano evacuees: Residents forced to flee volcanic eruptions in Indonesia can now access secluded tents for romantic moments.
- Philippines thanks world for aid: The Philippines commissions billboards in some of the world’s prime advertising sites to thank people for their help after Typhoon Haiyan.
- Boy, 10, wins FA Cup for sleepover: A 10-year-old Merseyside football fan impresses his friends by winning a sleepover with the FA Cup.
- US sinkhole swallows museum cars: A sinkhole swallows eight rare automobiles at a sports car museum in the US state of Kentucky, including two vehicles on loan.
- Torvill and Dean recreate routine: Figure skaters Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean return to Sarajevo to recreate gold medal-winning performance 30 years after winning at the 1984 Winter Olympics.
- Reflective antlers ‘keep reindeer safe’: Herders in Lapland paint their reindeer antlers to glow in the dark so drivers can see them at night.
- Fired for using forklift to get Twix: A man in the US state of Iowa lost his job after using a forklift to dislodge a chocolate bar from a jammed vending machine, according to state records.
- Pasty help for victims of floods: Cornish pasties are being used to feed people trying to fight the flood waters in Somerset.
- Massive Australian mango disappears: The seven-tonne monument “disappeared” overnight, according to Bowen Tourism chairman.
- US pair found ‘$10m buried treasure’: A California couple found a stash of gold coins buried on their property last year that is worth as much as $10m (£6m), numismatists say.
- US man found alive in body bag: A 78-year-old Mississippi man has been found literally alive and kicking in a body bag at a funeral home after being declared dead, a coroner says.
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