AP - A tattoo-covered Coney Island side show performer who specializes in eating nails says he's found a new calling: becoming a lawyer. "I know it sounds weird, but I want to be a freak lawyer," the man known for 15 years as "Eak the Geek" told the newspaper am New York in an article published Tuesday.

Reuters - An Australian man has paid S$152,898 (49,728 pounds) for two first class tickets for the maiden commercial flight of the world's biggest passenger plane, Singapore Airlines said on Tuesday.

(AFP/File) - A woman presents ice creams in a variety of different flavors at an ice cream exposition at the Namco Nanja Town in Tokyo in 2002. Soy sauce is such a staple of the Japanese diet that now it's even being put on ice cream.(AFP/File/Toshifumi Kitamura )

(AFP/HKBU-HO/File) - This handout from Hong Kong's Baptist University taken in August 2007 shows nine-year-old March Boedihardjo at a press conference at the university in Hong Kong. Hong Kong's youngest ever university student said he was already bored with his "very easy" classes as he started his mathematics course on Tuesday.(AFP/HKBU-HO/File)

(AFP) - Heart transplant patient Jennifer Sutton comes face to face with her own heart at the Wellcome Collection's Heart exhibition in central London. She hopes the exhibition will increase public awareness about organ donations.(AFP/Shaun Curry)

(AFP/File) - A Colombian couple dances the tango. Colombia is considering legislation that would slap adulterers and their partners in passion with hefty fines and community service, in an effort to keep their clothes on and their families in mind.(AFP/File/Daniel Garcia)

Reuters - Officials at Nepal's state-run airline have sacrificed two goats to appease Akash Bhairab, the Hindu sky god, following technical problems with one of its Boeing 757 aircraft, the carrier said on Tuesday.

(Reuters) - A visitor gets on board an Airbus A380 at the Hong Kong Airport during the Asian Aerospace 2007 September 4, 2007. An Australian man has paid S$152,898 ($100,000) for two first class tickets for the maiden commercial flight of the world's biggest passenger plane, Singapore Airlines said Tuesday. (Bobby Yip/Reuters)

(Reuters) - Malaysian taxi drivers prepare their taxis for passenger pick-ups in Kuala Lumpur May 21, 2003. Malaysia is cracking down on shabbily dressed taxi-drivers, fining them for not tucking in their shirts or for wearing shoes of the wrong color. (Zainal Abd Halim/Reuters)

(Reuters) - Khan, a two-year-old white lion, yawns as he enjoys a crisp and sunny day at Almaty Zoo November 23, 2004. A lion escaped from its cage at a Kazakh zoo over the weekend, the second such incident in a month, news media reported Monday. (Shamil Zhumatov/Reuters)

Reuters - Three people were hurt when a water buffalo called William Shakespeare escaped from a field in Cumbria and ran into the path of cars on a main road, police said on Tuesday.

(AFP/File) - A hairdresser puts the finishing touches to a model's hair in Paris in 2006. A first-time visitor to the Indonesian capital travelling on one of its pickpocket-prone buses was stunned to find her wallet safe but her hair snipped off during a ride, the Jakarta Post reported. A nearby officer nabbed the culprit, Agus Setiawan, who told police he had intended to use the ponytail to make keychains. He had reportedly been stealing hair from unsuspecting commuters for about a year.(AFP/File/Jacques Demarthon)