Singer divorces her ghost husband

A singer who married the ghost of a Victorian soldier has said they are divorced less than a year later. The songwriter, known as Brocarde, said first met “devilishly handsome” Edwardo when he “burst” into her bedroom “one dark and stormy night”. The couple married on Halloween last year, but Brocarde was annoyed that her husband got too drunk on their honeymoon in Barry Island, Wales. She announced the split in her song Just Another Anthem, according to Sky News.

Woman arrested after thousands of emergency calls

A woman has been detained after she was accused of making 2,761 false emergency calls over nearly three years. Japanese police arrested Niroko Hatagami, 51, of Matsudo in Chiba Prefecture, east of Tokyo, on suspicion of obstructing a local fire department’s operations. She admitted to making calls from her home and at other locations around her neighbourhood because she felt “lonely” and “wanted someone to listen” and “give me attention”, said Metro.

iPhone sells for 400 times original price

A first-generation iPhone from 2007 was auctioned for $190,372.80, setting a new record for the “Holy Grail” of collectible iPhones, said UPI. The auction of the factory-sealed 4 gigabyte model handset ended with a winning bid of more than 400 times the device’s original price. “Its extreme scarcity is directly related to its limited production,” said LGC Auctions in its listing. The same auction house previously sold an 8GB iPhone from 2007 for $63,356.40 in February.

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