"Chunder Down Under" for Elton
2006-11-28 10:12:40
Elton John's latest Australian tour got off to an inauspicious start when the British pop superstar had to leave the stage briefly to be sick, local media reported Monday.
Man put feverish baby in freezer
2006-11-28 10:02:32
A Canadian man who could not figure out how to deal with his girlfriend's feverish 10-month-old daughter put the baby into a freezer to cool her down, a local newspaper reported on Friday.
Does money buy happiness?
2006-11-27 10:34:51
Does money buy happiness? It's sometimes said that scientists have found no relationship between money and happiness, but that's a myth, says University of Illinois psychologist Ed Diener.
Drug gang runs newspaper ads
2006-11-24 11:04:36
A violent Mexican drug gang took out a rare, half-page ad in newspapers in which they claimed to be anti-crime vigilantes who wanted to stop kidnapping, robbery and the sale of methamphetamine in the western state of Michoacan.
Monk cuts off penis, refuses refix
2006-11-24 14:59:46
A Thai Buddhist monk cut off his penis with a machete because he had an erection during meditation and declined to have it reattached, saying he had renounced all earthly cares.
Cat's journey from Israel to UK
2006-11-25 17:15:43
Ziggy the cat used up at least one of his nine lives after surviving for 17 days without food on a 2,300 mile voyage that took him from northern Israel to England.
Women go wild for hunting
2006-11-25 11:06:21
It's deer season in Maine and although the hunting department of outdoor retail specialist L.L. Bean is packed, this is no old-boy's club.
Bush pardons turkey
2006-11-23 10:51:49
Bush gives a Presidential pardon to 'Flyer' the national Thanksgiving turkey Wednesday, Nov. 22, 2006, in Washington. [AP]
Cat-puppy mystery solved
2006-11-22 10:42:30
Blood tests refute a Brazilian woman's claim that her cat had given birth to three puppies, geneticist said.
Cottonseed could feed millions
2006-11-22 09:39:50
Scientists have found a way to use the cotton plant, long a source of fiber for clothing but inedible by humans, to feed potentially half a billion people a year.
Free Viagra spices up town life
2006-11-21 14:46:56
The mayor of a small Brazilian town has begun handing out free Viagra, spicing up the sex lives of dozens of elderly men and their partners.
Monk cuts off penis
2006-11-23 09:41:44
A Thai Buddhist monk cut off his penis with a machete because he had an erection during meditation and declined to have it reattached, saying he had renounced all earthly cares, a doctor and a newspaper said on Wednesday.