A Pennsylvania school district superintendent says five middle school students were mistakenly handed word search puzzles based on "Fifty Shades of Grey" with such terms as "leather cuffs" and "spanking."

The Valley Independent (http://bit.ly/1F6liC5 ) reports Monessen Schools Superintendent Leanne Spazak issued a statement Thursday apologizing and saying the puzzles were "mistakenly and unknowingly" put in a stack of worksheets given to five students Monday.

As Japan celebrated Valentine's Day on Saturday a group of killjoys marched through Tokyo protesting what it called the "passion-based capitalism" of the annual celebration of romance.

Members of 'Kakuhido', which translates as the Revolutionary Alliance of Men that Women find Unattractive and claims on its website that "public smooching is terrorism", walked through the busy Shibuya district waving banners with buzzkill slogans demanding an end to Valentine's Day.

A lipstick print on a napkin left by Britain's "Iron Lady" prime minister Margaret Thatcher during a visit to the United States has gone on sale online ahead of Valentine's Day.

The curious collectible -- a napkin from the Pfister Hotel in Milwaukee -- has so far fetched bids of £1,950 (2,600 euros, $3,000) on the collectors' site Picollecta.

A law student famous in Spain for conning his way into King Felipe's swearing-in reception and other official events was arrested Friday after leaving a restaurant without paying the bill, police said.

A police spokesman said Francisco Nicolas Gomez Iglesias, a fresh-faced 20-year-old dubbed "Little Nicholas", had dinner with friends on Thursday and left without paying 500 euros ($570).

Every dog has its day, even at New York Fashion Week. So do the odd cat, hen and even a big old lizard.

Some 150 critters took to the catwalk Thursday night in the 11th edition of the New York Pet Show.

Being president of the United States is not all drone strikes and crisis meetings. Occasionally you get to have a bit of fun.

A video released Thursday shows Barack Obama doing just that, posing in front of the mirror with aviator sunglasses, playing around with a selfie stick and struggling to enunciate "February."

A scantily clad DJ gyrates to ear-splitting music as the crowd of drinkers orders more towers of lager: welcome to The Hangover, one of a new crop of 'beer clubs' raising concerns about Vietnam's drinking culture.

Beer goes for as little as 30 U.S. cents a glass in Vietnam, making the communist country one of the cheapest places in the world for a tipple. And over the last few years, alcohol consumption has been rising at one of the fastest rates anywhere.

Japanese women jostled feverishly for elbow room at stores on Friday to buy Valentine's Day chocolates for the men in their lives -- guys who do sweet nothing in return.

While the ladies splurge on the object of their desire -- as well as friends, colleagues and bosses -- men simply wait for the goodies to pour in on February 14 and gorge to their heart's content.

The Romanian Foreign Ministry says a diplomat has been fired after its embassy in Paris sent out invitations to a reception containing rude remarks about the guests.

The embassy had emailed invitations to mark Tuesday's visit by President Klaus Iohannis, but inadvertently attached a spreadsheet that described some guests as "undesirable" and one as "ghastly."

A retired teacher who sued a school district, saying administrators discriminated against her because of a phobia that makes her fear young children, lost her appeal in the federal case on Wednesday.

A three-judge panel of the 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Cincinnati upheld a lower-court decision that had dismissed Maria Waltherr-Willard's breach-of-contract claim against Mariemont City Schools. The U.S. District Court in Cincinnati also had ruled in favor of the school district on her other claims, including age and disability discrimination.