Live from Austin, Texas

We bring you the most unusual, off-the-wall and occasionally laugh-out-loud headlines from this week.

• Passengers have ‘new fear unlocked’ after plane flies for nine hours but lands back at same airport it took off from → (Unilad)
• Family told to change son's 'Skywalker' name or seek Disney's permission → (The National Desk)
• ​​New York City Council passes bill to use birth control on rats → (WPIX)
• Pennsylvania student spent years building world's tallest hat → (UPI)
• Grand prize winner removed 20 Burmese pythons from the wild in Florida challenge → (Associated Press)