We don’t want them in our homes, but rats could soon be saving us from terrorists.

New Scientist magazine reports that remote-controlled rats – rodents with brain implants – are being created to scour enemy bases and sniff out explosives for the United States military.

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A Chilean artist is advertising in newspapers for donations of HIV-positive blood – so he could use it instead of paint.

Benjamin Novoa Longuera wants to paint a picture of an AIDS sufferer using only HIV-infected blood.

“My friends say I’m crazy and that I am generating an amazing controversy, but I want to confront my ghosts,” he said.

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A woman who became a man to marry a female relative was dumped by his beloved after the surgery.

Kuttiyamma, born in India with both male and female genitals and in love with Laura, 25, for 15 years, agreed to undergo surgery to become a man and change her name to Binu.

But Laura became engaged to another man and Binu is suing her after spending $1,150 on the sex change, fuming, “I took loans to pay the hospital bills!”

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Wanna party with the departed? Then book your loved one’s funeral with the Tobin Brothers Funeral Home in Melbourne, Australia, which offers a hearse with its own minibar, DVD player and coffeemaker.

The glitzy, mint-green vehicle is fitted with chrome handrails, tinted windows, pop-out cup holders and atmospheric lighting – and can hold up to 12 mourners and a coffin.

“We already know that this will not be for everyone,” admits Martin Tobin.

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A Russian man woke up with a splitting headache after a heavy drinking session – but it was no hangover.

Artur Dzhavanyan looked in the mirror to find a kitchen knife stuck in his face, just below the eye, and surgeons had to operate 40 minutes to remove it.

Cops say he’d apparently had a fight with a boozed-up pal who stabbed him and fled.

Hey, Artur, better get yourself some new friends.