Speeding man was drying wet car
2006-06-09 14:21:23
Police confiscated the car and driver's license of a Dutchman caught speeding who said he only wanted to dry his car after he had washed it.
English only at cheesesteak joint
2006-06-09 09:39:50
Bistec con queso? Not at Geno's Steaks. An English-only ordering policy has thrust one of Philadelphia's best-known cheesesteak joints into the national immigration debate.
Rare giraffe-like animal "rediscovered" in Congo park
2006-06-09 09:32:19
Delighted conservationists said on Friday that they had found conclusive proof of the existence of a rare giraffe-like creature in Congo's Virunga National Park that has defied the odds of survival in a region battered by savage conflict.
Casino sues lottery winner
2006-06-08 09:37:32
Caesars casino is suing the winner of a $315 million lottery jackpot, claiming he bounced checks worth $1.5 million trying to cover gambling losses.
Brothels banned near cemeteries
2006-06-07 10:09:26
There's a time and place for everything, local Australian governments have ruled as they move to stop brothels opening near cemeteries.
IPODs more popular than beer
2006-06-08 09:20:42
Move over Bud. College life isn't just about drinking beer. In a rare instance, Apple Computer Inc.'s iconic iPod music player surpassed beer drinking as the most "in" thing among undergraduate college students.
Crime-scene students find dead man
2006-06-07 23:08:05
A group of Florida criminology students working a fake crime scene stumbled across a real corpse on a field trip to study forensics.
Man sets car on fire due to illegal parking reclaim
2006-06-07 13:45:30
A Serb man set his car on fire when he heard how much he had to pay to reclaim it after it was towed away for illegal parking.
Breast cancer worse for young black women
2006-06-07 11:07:23
Younger black women who get breast cancer are far more likely than other afflicted women to have a particularly aggressive and lethal form of the disease, a study found.
Real body at fake crime scene
2006-06-07 09:43:42
Truth proved to be stranger than fiction for a high school criminology class investigating a fake crime scene when the students discovered a real body during a field trip.
'Idol' runner-up McPhee inks record deal
2006-06-07 09:17:51
Being the "American Idol" runner-up has its rewards, too. Katharine McPhee, who lost out to Taylor Hicks in the top-rated Fox show's finale two weeks ago, has signed a record deal with music mogul Clive Davis in conjunction with 19 Recordings Unlimited, the label managed by "Idol" creator Simon Fuller, it was announced Tuesday.
Moms delay births on Jun 6, 2006
2006-06-07 10:49:08
Around the country, some superstitious mothers-to-be took steps Tuesday to make sure their babies were not born on the most bedeviling of dates, 6-6-6.