Wednesday, 10th February

In education, the creationism (ahem, sorry, 'intelligent design') vs evolution debate has been raging in the US for years. But this story has put a macabre twist on things. John Freshwater, a middle school science teacher in Mount Vernon, Ohio, was fired after allegedly burning crosses into the arms of his students. According to pupils his lessons were littered with bible references and he insisted evolution was opinion not fact. Freshwater's controversial firing has pitched concerned educators and parents against archly conservative Christians in a town described as 'culturally backward.'

A 64-year-old Indian man has being diagnosed with what is believed to be the only living case of situs inversus, a condition where all organs are back to front. Ashok Shivnani also has no small intestine and two livers yet had no idea about his peculiar anatomical arrangement.

Coffee robbery now, as a thief in Germany managed to rob an amusement arcade by threatening the attendant with a scalding hot cup of joe. The caffeine criminal has not been caught and is thought to be armed and particularly alert. Meanwhile drunken brawls are as British as the Royal Family eating fish and chips while watching Coronation Street - it's practically an institution. So thumbs up to the 50 people who smashed chairs over heads, threw glasses and kicked seven bells out of each other in Tunbridge Wells, and all over a packet of nuts. Maybe it sounds like a slight overreaction but, in fairness, these were not plain old salted, we're talking dry roasted here. And who wouldn't hulk out over a smoky bag of foil wrapped goodness?

Elsewhere in the UK there may be a shortage of lego after a truck load was stolen in Northamptonshire. Reportedly the thieves gagged and bound the driver before lego-ing it with the colourful, building block swag.

If you're visiting a Filipino karaoke bar, don't sing Frank Sinatra's My Way. Hit the wrong notes and you won't just be booed, you'll be killed. Warbled versions of the classic have been linked to at least a half dozen murders in the last decade. Someone try 'Mack The Knife' instead, see what happens...

Finally, taking the phrase 'Big in Japan' to whole new levels, a Manx teenager is primed to become a J-pop superstar. Rebecca Flint, aka Beckii Cruel, became a YouTube star after recording herself dancing to Japanese pop tunes - and now she's set to make a splash in the higher echelons of the pop charts.

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