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A rare vinyl record by the Sex Pistols has sold for a record-breaking price at auction.

A prison in Brazil has swapped guard dogs for geese – which authorities say are cheaper and more effective. The São Pedro de Alcântara Penitentiary in Brazil's southern state of Santa Catarina recruited the nine "geese agents" late last year.

A Chicago homeowner was left reeling after a clerical error resulted in his property tax bill increasing sixteen-fold from $1,800 (£1,405) to more than $30,000 (£23,430).

Police were called to a German pub after a foreign customer inadvertently violated local custom by making 16 separate card transactions over the course of an evening. The 21-year-old Latvian customer ordered and drank 16 beers, paying for each one by card payment – which is not standard practi

The most expensive homes from 55 popular TV shows and films have been named. A new study conducted by flooring specialists Mr Sander uses data from property websites like Zoopla and Zillow, alongside various TV and film sources, to pinpoint the fictional homes with the highest estimated current mark

A US district judge has rejected Visa and Mastercard's "paltry" $30 billion settlement with merchants.

A business owner has been jailed and charged for inciting public unrest after giving his employees a raise. One of at least 10 arrested business owners, Pyae Phyo Zaw, who's three mobile phone shops were shut down, was punished by Myanmar's military regime.

A set of drawings by a teenage Queen Victoria are to be sold at auction in London next week.

A construction company has been ordered to demolish a luxury home it inadvertently built on the wrong site. The three-bedroom home, valued at $500,000 (around £400,000), was built in Hawaiian Paradise Park, which is divided into a number of one-acre lots.

Sir Philip Davies, a senior Conservative candidate, has come under scrutiny after allegedly betting £8,000 on losing his seat in the upcoming general election. Sir Davies, who has been the conservative MP for Shipley since 2005, has neither confirmed nor denied the claims, but insisted he had

Elvis Presley's blue suede shoes are expected to sell at an upcoming auction for £120,000.

A Tasmanian art museum has relocated Pablo Picasso artworks to a women's toilet after being ordered to open its women-only Ladies Lounge to all visitors.

A rare early Beatles single has been sold at auction for thousands of pounds.

A three-bedroom house in San Francisco's affluent Russian Hill neighbourhood has been listed for an astonishingly low price of $488,000 (around £385,000).

A woman who dumped her boyfriend after he broke a promise to look after her dogs has failed in a legal bid to force him to pay compensation. The New Zealand Disputes Tribunal heard that the woman, CL, was expecting her then-boyfriend, HG, to collect her from her home, take her to an airport and then