AP - Brian LaFave couldn't care less how high gasoline prices climb these days — he's parked his pickup truck and is refusing to buy gas for a month, possibly longer.

Reuters - An Australian man was gored in the thigh
on Friday by an amorous stag after entering a deer paddock in
the middle of the breeding season.

AP - A race for a seat in the Arkansas House has taken on biblical proportions as a contender's campaign mailing offers a one-word description of the incumbent: "Judas!"

Reuters - A cat chasing a mouse in Tirana's main
power station caused a 72-hour blackout across parts of the
Albanian capital, the electricity company said on Friday.

AP - A Girl Scout sold 17,328 boxes of the group's signature cookies this year by setting up shop on a street corner, shattering her troop's old mark and probably setting a national record.

Reuters - Thailand is offering its athletes big
cash incentives for Olympic gold medals -- but will pay out in
installments to stop them squandering it.

AP - The days of the cursing cabbie may be over. A New York City cab driver has been fined $1,000 for launching a foul-mouthed tirade at another cabbie.