Hearse driver fined for speeding
2006-07-09 10:18:52
An Irish hearse driver has been fined for speeding -- while leading a funeral cortege.
World's oldest crow dies
2006-07-09 09:38:28
There's no way to prove Tata was the world's oldest crow when he died Sunday at age 59. But an expert on crows says it's possible.
Worms and ants on the menu
2006-07-07 11:39:11
A discerning guest at a Manhattan cocktail party removed a scorpion from its bed of cheese on an endive leaf and popped it in his mouth, determined to savour the taste unadulterated.
"Beautiful game" ends in fight
2006-07-07 11:35:36
A Berlin bus driver crashed into a parked car after being hit in the head with a beer bottle by a passenger who had disputed his views over Germany's defeat by Italy in their World Cup semi-final, police said Wednesday.
Man offers free mowing to lose weight
2006-07-07 21:08:36
A local man in America's Minnesota State who has struggled to lose weight is hoping a lawn mower will help him shed between 30 and 50 pounds.
US rules against removing sex, profanity from films
2006-07-09 17:34:51
Sanitizing movies on DVD or VHS tape violates federal copyright laws, and several companies that scrub films must turn over their inventory to Hollywood studios, an appeals judge ruled.
Tissue of lies leads to jailbreak
2006-07-07 11:34:03
Police were searching on Thursday for three prisoners who broke out of jail after one of them convinced an officer to open the cell door by asking for toilet paper.
Piece of man's skull falls off
2006-07-07 08:28:04
Hundreds of people are thronging a hospital in the eastern Indian city of Kolkata to see a patient holding a piece of his own skull that fell off.
Nazi ship to be vehicle of faith
2006-07-06 17:20:41
Croatia's defense ministry has donated a World War II Nazi ship to a local Roman Catholic monastery, which will turn it into a sailing church, the Jutarnji List daily newspaper reported Tuesday.
Fake agency offers ads on hookers' thighs
2006-07-06 17:18:24
A Dutch design student bored with conventional advertisements has set up a fake online agency offering advertising space for beer, cars and TV stations on prostitutes' thighs and cleavage.
Bear swills beer with pizza
2006-07-06 17:07:55
A bear cub drew a crowd of spectators at a Lake Tahoe neighborhood as it munched on barbecue-chicken-and-jalapeno pizza in the back seat of a vintage red Buick convertible.
Piece of man's skull falls off
2006-07-06 09:35:50
Hundreds of people are thronging a hospital in the eastern Indian city of Kolkata to see a patient holding a piece of his own skull that fell off.