Bungling policeman nabbed for bank robbery
2006-04-30 10:36:10
A German policeman was nabbed for a bank robbery after he used his girlfriend's car for the heist, authorities said Thursday.
Woman, 62, fights $1,431 cable porn bill
2006-04-29 19:59:56
A 62-year-old retired schoolteacher is fighting with a cable company over a hefty bill for porn and gangsta rap programming she says she never ordered.
400 dead dolphins found off African coast
2006-04-29 08:21:00
Hundreds of dead dolphins washed up Friday along the shore of a popular tourist destination on Zanzibar's northern coast, and scientists ruled out poisoning.
Da Vinci judge's secret code revealed
2006-04-28 20:45:44
British High Court Justice Peter Smith, who handed down a ruling that Brown had not plagiarized his book, had embedded his own secret message in his judgment by italicizing letters scattered throughout the 71-page document.
And the world's sexiest woman is...
2006-04-28 10:25:18
British actress Keira Knightley was voted the world's sexiest woman in a magazine poll on Thursday, beating model Keeley Hazel and Hollywood star Scarlett Johansson into second and third place respectively.
Parents sue school over same-sex fairy tale
2006-04-28 09:19:07
Two families filed a lawsuit on Thursday against a Massachusetts town and its public school system after a teacher read a gay-themed fairy tale to children without notifying them first.
Songbirds may be able to learn grammar
2006-04-27 11:11:54
The simplest grammar, long thought to be one of the skills that separate man from beast, can be taught to a common songbird, new research suggests.
Busted: Bad bras get the boot
2006-04-26 11:59:47
New York - When it comes to breasts, they are probably the two most important accessories a woman will ever "wear."
Method to the shopping madness
2006-04-26 06:25:00
People who shop like crazy may indeed be slightly mad. A new study indicates compulsive shoppers may have a dysfunction in a decision-making area of their brain.
Australian sentenced to 10 years in prison for debauchery
2006-04-25 21:19:48
An Australian teacher, arrested in December last year on charges of having sex with boys, was sentenced to 10 years in prison by the Phnom Penh Municipal Court on Monday, local media reported on Tuesday.
Woman nabbed driving corpse across country
2006-04-25 16:57:35
A 53-year-old German woman who was driving her dead mother across country to save on mortuary transportation costs was fined by police for disturbing a dead person's peace.
Axe-wielding men abduct dad from wedding
2006-04-25 14:09:26
Three Zimbabwe men prevented their father from committing bigamy by abducting him from his own wedding, the state-owned Sunday Mail reported.