A look at some of the more unusual and wacky stories making headlines across the globe.

DEATH NOTICE

A New Jersey woman used her obituary to make a final request to friends and family: Do not vote for Hillary Clinton for president.

Elaine Fydrych's husband said that although she was a registered Democrat she was not "a political person".

However, she grew to strongly dislike Ms Clinton after the 2012 attacks in Benghazi and believed the politician's handling of the matter as secretary of state was "terrible".

Joe Fydrych said his 63-year-old wife told him of her obituary intentions a few weeks before her death.

The obit said: "Elaine requests, 'In lieu of flowers, please do not vote for Hillary Clinton'."

SNOW REGRETS

A terminally-ill dog has enjoyed a final play in the snow after his owners created a "bucket list" of experiences for him to enjoy before he dies.

Six-year-old Angus, a Bernese mountain dog, is suffering from liver cancer and has been given about a month to live so owners Dawn and Allan Birse decided to make sure his final weeks were happy by drawing up a list of 15 things for him to do.

One item on the list was frolicking in the snow so they took him to Snow Factor Braehead near Glasgow.

Mrs Birse, 34, said: "He got a wee burst of energy in the snow and is still quite excited about things."

ARMED AND DANGEROUS

A man guarding a small-town Oklahoma gun range called Save Yourself Survival and Tactical Gear accidentally shot himself in the arm after dropping his weapon.

The gun range in Oktaha, 65 miles south east of Tulsa, was at the centre of controversy after it was one of several southern businesses to declare themselves "Muslim-free".

The Council on American-Islamic Relations had asked the Department of Justice to investigate some for possible civil rights violations.

The armed locals said they began guarding the business after owners claimed they received death threats over a "Muslim-free" sign at the store. Muskogee County Sheriff Charles Pearson said: "The way they were holding their weapons you can tell a couple of these gentlemen have no idea about weapons safety."

WHIFFY NEIGHBOURS

The company that invented the famous pine tree-shaped air fresheners for cars is turning up its nose at a proposal to open a slaughterhouse near the firm's factory in northern New York state.

A group of local investors wants to build a meat-processing plant in Watertown's Jefferson County Corporate Park, home to the Car-Freshner Corporation, whose products have been dangling from rear-view mirrors for more than 60 years.

An official from the company told planning board members that Car-Freshner would close its local operations if the plan for the 42,000-square-foot meat processing plant is approved.

The official said such a neighbour would interfere with fragrance testing in Car-Freshner's state-of-the-art labs.

POLES NOT REVOLTING

The editor of a Polish newspaper which backed an unofficial strike by UK migrant workers has defended the action after just a handful of people turned up to protest.

Polish workers had been urged to participate in a one day walk-out to raise awareness of discrimination immigrants face in the UK. But a planned protest outside the Houses of Parliament attracted just a few supporters, who were outnumbered by press.

Tomasz Kowalski, editor of Polish Express, which set up a Facebook event to publicise the cause, said he was not disappointed by the poor turnout. "The most important thing today - important, maybe not most important - is that the British journalists covered the story."