First there were drive-in movies – now there are drive-in funerals.

Mourners pull into a field near the Woodland Church in Grand Rapids, Mich., settle back and tune into the service on their car radios.

Worshiper Harvey DeVries said while the congregation likes the new way of paying last respects, “It might be strange for someone who’s a stranger to this church.”

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Men who punch their wives in the nose may soon pay through the nose in Sweden.

Politicians in Stockholm are proposing to levy a new “man tax” to cover the social cost of violence against women.

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Fish is called brain food and now we know why.

“The public perception of fish is that they are pea-brained numbskulls who can’t remember things for more than a few seconds,” said Dr. Theresa Burt de Perera of Oxford University in England.

But, she added, “We’re now finding that they are very capable of learning and remembering. We know that fish can recognize their owners – some will even go into a sulk if somebody else tries to feed them.”

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A vibrating sex toy forced the shutdown of an Australian airport.

Cops at Mackay Airport, 500 miles north of Brisbane, declared an emergency when staffers heard a strange noise coming from a trash can and feared it was an explosive.

“It was rather disconcerting when the rubbish bin started humming furiously,” admitted cafeteria manager Lynne Bryant, who was relieved when the sound turned out to be coming from an “adult novelty device.”

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Wanted: some cool cats to take on some mean rats.

That’s the call down in Mexico, where officials are recruiting 700 cats to kill off some 500,000 rats that are terrorizing residents living in the Tarahumara Mountains.

There’s no pay, but the felines get to enjoy as much rodent meat as they can chew.