83-year-old woman foils purse snatcher
2008-03-16 16:20:30
An 83-year-old great-grandmother thwarted a would-be purse snatcher with a gas nozzle and an iron grip.
Honey, will you marry... Oh. Never mind...
2008-03-15 14:51:06
It is the one moment every man wants to get right -- and which London floor-fitter Lefkos Hajji could hardly have got more wrong.
US student sues teacher after awakened in class
2008-03-14 14:17:50
A 15-year-old Danbury, Connecticut, student claimed he suffered a hearing damage after his teacher awakened him by making a loud noise and filed a lawsuit against Danbury officials, according to media reports Friday.
A dozen pregnant women wanted for ballet
2008-03-14 14:06:20
Far from being heavy, lumbering and clumsy, pregnant women are often fascinating, beautiful and serene, according to the artistic director of one British ballet company.
Sex with animals banned
2008-03-14 11:41:17
The Dutch parliament voted unanimously Thursday to outlaw bestiality and pornography involving animals.
800 dogs seized from Ariz. home
2008-03-13 14:00:15
About 800 small dogs, including Chihuahuas, terriers and Pomeranians, were seized from a triple-wide mobile home whose occupants were overwhelmed trying to care for the animals, authorities said Wednesday.
Man paints car like police cruiser
2008-03-13 09:27:57
Jessie Vigil's black-and-white car sports a red-and-blue emergency bar across the top and the word "police" painted on the doors.
Woman sat on toilet for 2 years
2008-03-13 09:27:04
Authorities are considering charges in the bizarre case of a woman who sat on her boyfriend's toilet for two years - so long that her body was stuck to the seat by the time the boyfriend finally called police.
Boys tossed from overpass, survive
2008-03-13 09:25:04
Motorists watched in horror Wednesday as a woman tossed two young boys off a freeway overpass, then took the two-story leap into rush-hour traffic herself. But the shocking moment had an incredibly fortunate ending.
Biggist Guinness crab cake
2008-03-12 21:08:48
It's official. No one else has made a bigger crab cake.
Save me, but save my dog first!
2008-03-12 17:09:46
A man who fell into water from his boat with his dog asked rescuers to save his dog first, media reported Wednesday.
Boy dies for imitating 'Naruto'
2008-03-12 17:08:59
A little boy died two days after playmates buried him in a sandbox，media reported Wednesday.