'World's oldest person' 128th birthday
2006-05-04 13:45:19
Friends and relatives of Cruz Hernandez's gathered on Wednesday to celebrate her 128th birthday, a milestone that might make her the world's oldest person.
A look inside a U.S. center that treats priests who are sexual offenders
2006-05-04 10:54:29
A Chicago priest, tall and quiet-spoken, said he came to a treatment center here a broken man, depressed, and keeping his pedophilia secret.
Couple, 33 and 104, reportedly marry
2006-05-02 20:57:56
A 33-year-old man in northern Malaysia has married a 104-year-old woman, saying mutual respect and friendship had turned to love, a news report said Tuesday.
Helpline created for prostitutes in Germany
2006-05-02 13:46:54
An organisation fighting forced prostitution, Solwodi, has launched a 24-hour helpline for prostitutes in trouble during the World Cup 2006.
Jailed drug lord throws huge kids party
2006-05-02 13:43:21
Masked wrestlers, dancing clowns and trailer-loads of presents greeted more than 10,000 children and their mothers gathered in a baseball stadium in northern Mexico for "Children's Day" this weekend.
Couple jailed for falling in love freed
2006-05-02 13:33:34
A Pakistani couple were released Saturday after serving five years in jail for adultery, their only crime having been to fall in love and get married.
Diner finds piece of finger in burger
2006-05-02 09:34:17
BLOOMINGTON - A diner found a piece of human flesh on his hamburger shortly after a restaurant worker accidentally cut his finger, and a spokeswoman said the company was "very, very sorry."
Women break bra world record
2006-05-01 11:32:55
A woman wearing the traditional dress holds a chain of bras at the Paphos harbor, Cyprus, on Sunday April 30, 2006. Campaigners on Sunday said they had created the world's longest chain of bras in a bid to raise awareness for breast cancer and win a place in the Guiness Book of Records. [AP]
Vigilantes snap sex pests in action
2006-05-01 07:08:03
The day that a man was caught masturbating on the subway was the day that the women of New York said enough was enough.
Italy restaurant fined for 'cruel' lobster display
2006-04-30 13:38:55
An Italian restaurant was fined 688 euros ($855) for displaying live lobsters on ice to attract patrons, in an innovative application of an anti-cruelty law usually affecting to household pets.
Thieves nab head, leave earrings behind
2006-04-30 10:39:15
A distraught Canadian family is offering a reward for the return of their mother's head, hacked from her body in a funeral home a year ago by thieves who left cash, and her earrings behind.
Movie promotion confused with bomb in LA
2006-04-30 10:36:58
A newspaper promotion for Tom Cruise's upcoming "Mission: Impossible III" got off to an explosive start when a county arson squad blew up a news rack, thinking it contained a bomb.