<B>RUSSIA. The things a guy will do for his sister... </B>

A young Russian man who dressed in women’s clothes to take an exam for his sister was caught after his oversize bust gave him away, Interfax news agency reported Monday. The youth’s “unusually prominent female features,” and heavy make-up drew security guards’ attention and they stopped him from taking the test, Yasen Zasursky, dean of Moscow State University’s journalism faculty, told the agency.

<B>GERMANY. Brilliant... just brilliant... </B>

A German thief effectively signed his own arrest warrant after photographing himself at the scene of a crime and accidentally leaving the pictures for police to discover. Police in the northern town of Neumuenster said the youth stole a digital camera during a break-in in nearby Rendsburg and took the photos before discarding the device nearby.

<B>UNITED STATES. Teacher skips school for wrestling career. </B>

A New York City school teacher apologized and resigned on Friday after admitting he pursued a career as a professional wrestler when he had told his boss he was on leave to care for a sick relative. Matthew Kaye, a social studies teacher at Benjamin Cardozo High School in Queens, had his mother call in sick for him last Dec. 16.When he returned to school after winter break, the report said, he informed the assistant principal that he had gone to California to care for his sick sister. But the teacher’s Web site revealed he had another life as a wrestler named Matt Striker.