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

• Saskatchewan, Canada, town can't find anyone to run for mayor → (UPI)
• Senator Lidia Thorpe says she pledged allegiance to the queen's 'hairs', not heirs, in defense of royal protest → (ABC News Australia)
• ‘King Conker’ cleared of cheating at World Conker Championships → (The Guardian)
• German police bust pizzeria with cocaine on the menu → (CNA)
• A wild cat native to Africa and Asia is captured in a Chicago suburb → (Associated Press)