Son charged with murdering Iowa family
2006-10-16 09:18:49
BONAPARTE, Iowa - A 22-year-old man has been charged with murdering his parents and three teenage sisters at their home in southeastern Iowa, a sheriff's office said Sunday.
Funny, I don't feel any younger..
2006-10-13 15:57:15
If you believe you are only as young as you feel, maybe you should be living in Kenya.
Oddball questioning of Oxford, Cambridge applicants
2006-10-13 09:29:00
LONDON - At what point is a person dead? And how does a perm work? You may need to talk your way out of questions like these to get into Britain's elite universities, a survey of applicants showed.
Man bitten 5 times by snake
2006-10-13 09:05:07
An Australian man was in critical condition Friday after he was bitten five times on the arm by a Death Adder, one of the world's deadliest snakes, local media reported.
Chef makes wedding gown with cream puffs
2006-10-13 08:52:59
Valentyn Shtefano's pastries were known for attracting stares and giggles as well as lip-smacking murmurs. But even his fiancee was surprised when Shtefano told her he was making her wedding dress — out of flour, eggs, sugar and caramel.
Pet cloning firm to close
2006-10-12 15:32:43
The world's first company that bred and sold cloned cats on Wednesday said it would close because the market demand went lower than expectation.
Cuba's oldest man dies at 126
2006-10-12 10:26:21
Benito Martinez Abogan, the oldest man in Cuba, on Wednesday died at the age of 126, in a hospital in the city of Ciego de Avila, east of Cuba's capital Havana, local media reported.
Police suspended for hailing goal
2006-10-11 15:15:08
An Argentine policeman has been suspended for 10 days without pay for cheering a goal while on duty at a soccer match and sparking violent protests by fans.
New threat: remote-controlled toys
2006-10-11 15:01:49
Sri Lanka has banned imports of remote-controlled toy cars, boats and planes because of fears Tamil Tiger rebels could use them as bombs, a senior military official said Tuesday.
Green substance not pistachio ice cream
2006-10-11 09:43:52
MARIANNA, Fla. - The ice cream container had a green substance in it, but it wasn't pistachio. Jackson County's sheriff's office said a woman was arrested Sunday for trying to bring marijuana hidden in an ice cream container to an inmate.
Olympian wins wife carrying contest
2006-10-10 11:27:12
John Farra, a former Winter Olympian from Caribou who trained by running up a ski slope with 80 pounds of mortar mix, won the seventh annual North American Wife Carrying Championship on Saturday at Sunday River.
Leftover jelly stirs security alert
2006-10-10 11:01:38
A small pile of leftover jelly discarded beside the road after a wedding party caused a large-scale security alert in Germany with biochemical experts, firemen and police called in to investigate.