Swedish town baffled by wooden penises

Residents of Hagfors in western
Sweden are searching for the owner of a large wooden penis,
described by a local official as “over a metre long, and very well
made”, left in a park in the centre of town. It is the latest in a
series of carved penises left in public places in the region. “The
people or person who makes them has been putting a lot of effort
into it. Sometimes they’re lacquered, sometimes painted,” the
official said.

‘Smart vest’ turns stray dogs into
guardians

A Thai advertising agency has
developed a “smart vest” for dogs, with the aim of turning the
country’s stray animal population into guardians for its citizens.
The vest is activated by the animal’s barking, turning on a video
camera, which sends a live feed of any activity that has caught the
dogs’ attention.

Baby poisoned by homeopathic
healing bracelet

A nine-month-old child in
Connecticut is recovering after doctors discovered dangerously high
levels of lead in her blood. The source of the lead poisoning was
determined to be a “homeopathic magnetic hematite healing bracelet”
sold to the parents to help ease the baby’s teething
pains.