Heston Blumenthal is reportedly planning to help musician Matthew Herbert make a woodwind instrument out of the bones of a dead pig for his next album.
A Texan man has blamed a bird for making him drive his million-dollar sports car into a pond.
Florida police say a man arrested for repeatedly calling 911 looking for sex claimed it was the only number he could dial after running out of cell phone minutes.
A plant that converts cow dung into energy for homes opened in the Netherlands Friday
French Budget Minister Eric Woerth said on Sunday he was horrified by a publicity stunt that attracted huge crowds hoping for a cash handout and led to serious violence when it was canceled for safety reasons.
Italian police arrested a top Sicilian mafia boss on Sunday who had been a fugitive for more than 15 years.
Icelanders, still stunned by the collapse of their banks a year ago, chose "honesty" as their chief national value on Saturday at an experimental assembly of politicians and ordinary people to map the island's future.
British schools need to teach teenage girls about the realities behind pursuing a glittering career and having children, a top school head says, arguing that in the end they may not be able to "have it all."
Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin rubbed shoulders with rappers and was hailed with "respect" in a television show Friday that could help boost his flagging ratings.
U.S. President Barack Obama invited fellow leaders in the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation to a summit in Hawaii in 2011, but may have alarmed them with the dress code.
It's the latest in eyewear for the linguistically challenged: Japanese computer-maker NEC has created a pair of glasses that double as a translator.
Custom tattooed fish may be big sellers at markets, but an animal expert say it is a cruel and potentially lethal practice.