South Korean police, in one of their more heavyweight cases, are investigating whether a zoo elephant threw a stone at a woman visitor.
The woman surnamed Kim told police she was visiting the zoo at the Children's Grand Park in southeast Seoul last Monday when she noticed an elephant picking up a stone with its trunk.
After she turned away from 35-year-old Taesani, she was hit on the back of her head by a large stone.
She reported the incident to police in Gwangjin district who began an investigation. They found that the scene of the alleged assault was out of range of security cameras.
"Though Ms Kim believes the elephant threw a stone at her, it's hard to conclude that the elephant attacked her since there are neither witnesses nor evidence," Dong-A Ilbo newspaper quoted a police source as saying. (AFP)
Cop impersonator
Police in Louisiana arrested a man impersonating an officer with a flashing red light in his car after he pulled over the wrong driver - the Mayor of Shreveport.
Police think the suspect was using the dashboard light to manoeuvre through traffic in north-west Louisiana. Mayor Cedric Glover said he pulled over when the car drove behind him, but the fake officer then sped away.
The mayor said he followed the car and called police, who arrested Daniel Niederhelman, 21. (PA)
Which way?
A driver whose car was left teetering on the edge of a cliff after following his sat-nav was ordered to pay nearly £900 for driving without due care and attention.
Robert Jones, 43, nearly plunged down the 100-feet-cliff in his BMW after obeying instructions which sent him along a steep, narrow path in Todmorden, West Yorkshire, on March 22.
Mr Jones, of Doncaster, South Yorkshire, denied the charge at Calderdale Magistrates' Court but was found guilty.
He was given a £370 fine and six penalty points on his driving licence and ordered to pay £500 costs and a £15 victim surcharge. (PA)
Cathedral café
Coffee enthusiasts will be able to get a cuppa - and a slice of cake - in a makeshift cafe being set up inside a tower of Vienna's stately St Stephen's Cathedral.
The café will offer sweeping views of the Austrian capital from its perch in the tower, which is 72 metres high.
The lofty café will not be a permanent fixture though as Vienna's Coffee-house Association said it was a one-day deal to help mark the city's annual Coffee Day on October 1. (PA)
Neighbour from hell
A 98-year-old woman has become one of the oldest people in Britain to be evicted from her home after being branded "the neighbour from hell".
A judge told Mary Plaisted she had 28 days to leave the sheltered housing flat in Southampton where she has lived for 28 years.
Southampton City Council took the court action after Mrs Plaisted made the lives of her neighbours a misery for years from her £65-a week ground floor accommodation.
The pensioner, who denies she has been a problem, is alleged to have assaulted carers and council staff and harassed neighbours by banging on their windows. (PA)
Berlin Wall survey
One in seven Germans want the Berlin Wall back because they were better off when the country was divided, according to an opinion poll ahead of the 20th anniversary of its collapse on November 9, 1989.
The survey of 1,002 Germans by the Forsa institute published in Stern magazine said 15 per cent of the country's 82 million long for the days when there were two Germanys. Some 16 per cent pining for the Wall were westerners and 10 per cent easterners.
The survey found that many westerners are bitter about higher taxes to pay for rebuilding the formerly communist east, where some €1.2 trillion worth of state funds have been transferred in the last 20 years. (Reuters)
Old McDonald
A 68-year-old man who still works at the first McDonald's restaurant in Missouri has been honoured for 50 years of service.
Leonard Rhomberg began his job at a McDonald's in the St Louis suburb of Crestwood in 1959, the year after it opened. And he still works there five days a week.
The restaurant's owners thanked Mr Rhomberg with a cake, gifts and a St Louis Cardinals jersey. (PA)