Dying Professor Gives his Last Lesson on Life - Randy Pausch set the tone early on yesterday at his farewell lecture at Carnegie Mellon University. "If I don't seem as depressed or morose as I should be, sorry to disappoint you," said Dr. Pausch, a 46-year-old computer science professor who has incurable pancreatic cancer.Original news source

Women fight for right to bare breasts - Two female students are demanding their rights after they were banned from bathing topless at a swimming pool in Uppsala. If girls are forced to wear bikinis, boys should be too, one of the women told The Local.Original news source

Hundreds flock to 'weeping tree' oddity - An acacia tree that started sprouting a foamlike substance on its branches after its owner died is drawing hundreds of people a day to see what some believe is supernatural ice.Original news source

Firemen rescue kinky couple - A WOMAN handcuffed to a bed for a kinky romp was cut loose by 20 firemen — after her dozy lover lost the key.Zoe Comaish, 32, was trapped for two hours as boyfriend Stuart Fisher tried in vain to free her.Original news source

'Abused' Asian women behind soaring toll of railway suicides - Rail suicides are soaring because of a dramatic rise in Asian women killing themselves on just one stretch of track, a train company's internal report has revealed.Original news source

Headless corpses raise ritual killing fear in Togo - Six grisly murders in Togo in which the victims were decapitated and drained of their blood have raised fears of a resurgence of ritual killings ahead of parliamentary elections in the West African state next month.Original news source

Glamorous politician wants law to allow 7-year itch - Bavaria's most glamorous politician -- a flame-haired motorcyclist who helped bring down state premier Edmund Stoiber -- has shocked the Catholic state in Germany by suggesting marriage should last just 7 years.Original news source

Lightning exits woman's bottom - A WOMAN has suffered severe burning to her anus after being struck by lightning which hit her in the mouth and passed right through her body.Original news source

Police probe 'Superman' sighting - Police are investigating after villagers in Romania claimed to see a Superman-like figure flying through the sky.Original news source

500 people gathered beneath the surface of a swimming to set the pool record - A motley crew of 500 people have gathered beneath the surface of a swimming pool in Acton, west London, to set the record for the world's largest formal underwater dinner party.Original news source