An up-and-coming filmmaker who had decided to live on the streets for a week to document the plight of the local homeless population was found dead inside a boarded-up hostel just three days after his experiment began.

The Internet has had to endure its fair share of stupid fads, but a new one emerging in the UK may have permanently raised the inanity bar for gerundial "crazes" everywhere.

Some 60 customers at a Denny's in Newcastle, California, were pleasantly surprised to learn that they would not be required to pay for their meals — because a mystery woman had already picked up their check.