Politician raffles breast implants (Reuters)

Reuters - A Venezuelan politician is offering breast implants as a prize in a raffle to raise funds for his parliamentary election campaign.

Permission to laugh at election -- for now (Reuters)

Reuters - Brazil's election is a laughing matter again, at least for now.

Britain being "overrun" by street signs (Reuters)

Reuters - The British government has declared war on the profusion of unnecessary road traffic signs, railings and advertising boards, saying they blight towns' English character.

"Ordain women," London bus ads will urge Pope (Reuters)

Reuters - Pope Benedict will be confronted by posters on London's famous red buses during his trip to the British capital next month which will call for the ordination of women priests.

T-shirt explains Philadelphia's blunt speech (Reuters)

Reuters - For Mike Monteiro, a transplanted Philadelphian who now lives in California, his T-shirt says it all.

Alternative tours draw travelers to Mexico (Reuters)

Reuters - While most travelers flock to Mexico to sip margaritas on white-sand beaches, a hardy few choose lesser-known tourist sites where they are chased down by immigration agents or risk their lives in dangerous slums.

Man, shot in head, notices five years later (Reuters)

Reuters - A Polish man living in Germany went about his business for about five years without noticing he had been shot in the head because he was drunk when it happened. Police in the western city of Bochum said on Tuesday doctors found a .22 caliber bullet in the back of his head after the 35-year-old went to have what he thought was a cyst removed.

Egypt culture chief sleepless over Van Gogh theft (Reuters)

Reuters - Egypt's culture minister blamed "incompetent" security staff for the theft of a $55 million Van Gogh painting from a Cairo museum and said worries for the safety of the country's art treasures are depriving him of sleep.

U.S. typo vigilantes correct errant signage (Reuters)

Reuters - If you're confused about the difference between "it's" and "its", or unsure how to spell "cemetery", you're not alone, and there's plenty of evidence to prove it.

Vuvuzelas make it into the Oxford dictionary (Reuters)

Reuters - The ever-present hum of the vuvuzela during this year's soccer World Cup catapulted the plastic trumpet to prominence and now it has earned a place in the Oxford Dictionary of English.