News in Brief

The traditional New York accent – where residents pronounce coffee "cawfee" among other things – could be on the wane, it has been claimed. I thought most people New York just order Latte or is that lartay?

Thousands of people jumped in frigid waters all across Russia to mark the celebration of the Russian Orthodox Epiphany. Presumably most of them consumed plenty of vodka before taking the plunge.

A urinating mannequin has been banned from a shop window after police received complaints, members of the public thought the display was taking the piss.

A woman claims that she can foretell the future by throwing spears of asparagus up in the air and then seeing how they land. I tried it myself but it didn't work, may be I should have taken them out of the tin before throwing them in the air.