Someone is spinning quite a yarn over one New Jersey shore town.

New Jersey – United States – Jersey Shore – Travel and Tourism – History

Some chickens have sexual-identity issues, waddling around with half-male and half-female plumage.  Now researchers have figured out the cause of the gender-confusing traits: Half of their bodies are full of female sex cells, while the other half contains mostly male cells.

Gender – Sexual identity – Male – Female – Sexuality

Second-degree burglary charges have been filed against an Ames man who broke into a church where he allegedly used the institution’s electronic equipment to watch pornography. Police allege the 55-year-old man broke into the First Christian Church on Thursday. After gathering items from around the building, he is believed to have gone to the basement to spend the night.

Christian Church – Police – Religion & Spirituality – Christianity – Denominations

A South African teenager has reportedly given birth to a baby even though she has no genitals.

The teenager – who was stabbed in the stomach by an ex-boyfriend after he caught her having oral sex with a man at a bar – has allegedly given birth after the knifing allowed sperm to move from her stomach to her internal reproductive organs, creating a baby.

A 37-year-old woman was accused of putting her 14-year-old behind the wheel because she was too drunk to drive. The woman was arrested Saturday after Washington County Sheriff’s deputies stopped a vehicle on U.S. Highway 75 because of erratic driving. Deputies found the woman’s 14-year-old son in the driver’s seat and two other minors — ages 14 and 17 — in the car.

Sheriff – United States – Police – Law – Law Enforcement

A British couple have infuriated neighbours after painting their house bright pink.

Mr Rogers and Mrs Hall, both 50 – who live in the picturesque village of Acton Beauchamp, Herefordshire – have become embroiled in a planning dispute with neighbours after painting their 400-year-old Grade II-Listed cottage a garish colour.

They say crime doesn’t pay. For one robber in California, it did — but not much.

Police – Law – Law Enforcement – California – United States

The actress Lindsay Lohan has sued E*Trade Financial Corp for $100 million, saying a “milkaholic” baby girl who appeared in a recent commercial was modeled after her.

Lindsay Lohan – etrade – Actor – Super Bowl – Shopping

Authorities say a man was stabbed in the neck with a meat thermometer after asking a woman to silence her cell phone during a screening of the film “Shutter Island” at a Southern California movie theater.

Southern California – Shutter Island – Meat thermometer – Movie theater – United States