Errant golf swing 'sparks fire'
A California wildfire was sparked when a golfer trying to hit a ball out of the rough struck his club against a rock, fire officials say.

Spelling mistake on road sign
A spelling mistake is spotted on a new road sign installed by the council for Cotswold Airport on the A429 in Gloucestershire.

Lennon's toilet sold for £9,500
An overseas collector pays £9,500 for John Lennon's toilet at an auction in Liverpool.

Bikini-clad Ohio strippers protest outside church
A group of Ohio strippers protest in bikinis outside a church whose members want to put their strip club out of business.

Beefy dino sported fearsome claws
Fossils of a new type of dinosaur, which looks like a beefy version of the predatory Velociraptor, have been unearthed in Romania.

Casino fined over dancing gambler
A Las Vegas casino agrees to pay a $250,000 (£162,127) fine for allowing a high-stakes gambler to dance on a card table during a game.

Scheme to draw electricity from air sparks debate
A scheme to generate renewable energy by simply pulling electric charge out of humid air sparks debate amongst scientists.

Kepler spies Saturn-sized worlds
Nasa's Kepler space telescope detects two large planets orbiting a star some 2,000 light-years from Earth.

'Loose change' buys van in China
A man pays for a van in China with 100,000 yuan ($14,700; £9,500) in pocket change he gathered over years, state television reports.

Bath tub sailor - it's Odd Box
A man sailing the sea in a bath tub, mud sculptures and an ugly fish who finds love - it's the week's weird and wonderful video stories in Newsbeat's Odd Box with Dominic Byrne.