19 October 2012 Last updated at 21:49 ET

Blaze destroys 52ft Texas cowboyFire begins to engulf the Big Tex displayed at the State Fair of Texas in Dallas 19 October 2012

Big Tex, a 52ft (16m) tall metal cowboy who watched over the Texas State Fair for 60 years, is destroyed by a fire two days before festivities end.

The rickshaw puller with his daughterRickshaw puller takes newborn to work

Offers of help come into BBC Hindi after it reported that a rickshaw-puller is carrying his month-old daughter in a cloth sling around his neck after his wife died.

Holly Willoughby and Phillip SchofieldITV admits sperm bank guest hoax

ITV admits that This Morning was the victim of a hoax following a story about a new celebrity sperm bank.

A pair of shoes which belonged to French queen Marie Antoinette appear at Paris Drouot auction house as part of a sale of "Historic memories of Royal Families"Antoinette's slippers auctioned

Silk shoes belonging to the 18th Century French Queen sell for 50,000 euros in an auction in Paris marking the anniversary of her execution.

Electricity'Shocking pants' stop bedsores

Underwear designed to jolt the buttocks with electricity may be able to prevent dangerous open wounds called pressure sores, claim researchers.

Gas giantPlanet with four suns discovered

Astronomers discover a planet - about six times bigger than Earth - whose skies are lit by four different suns, some 5,000 light-years away.

Elvis PresleyElvis Presley's LA home for sale

The former Beverly Hills home of Elvis Presley is put up for sale for $13m (£8.1m).

Telephone keypadBill waived after 12qn-euro gaffe

A woman in south-west France, who mistakenly received a telephone bill of nearly 12 quadrillion euros, has the real amount she owed waived.

MammothMammoth carcass found in Siberia

A well-preserved mammoth carcass has been found by an 11-year-old boy in the permafrost of northern Siberia.

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