Tantric master breaks ice record

2008-01-28 08:59:47

A man who calls himself a tantric master broke his own world record by standing engulfed in ice for 72 minutes.

Hmmm. Didn't I have a house here?

2008-01-25 15:48:30

Returning home after an absence can mean unpleasant surprises - a leaky roof, a pet's mess, even a break-in. But a Russian woman got a nastier surprise when she returned from her country house: her home was gone.

It's official: mail is slow as snails

2008-01-25 11:12:15

It's official. Postal delivery is as slow as snails, at least in Poland.

Woman to take 55,000 pennies to the bank

2008-01-24 15:40:48

Vicki Armstrong has been saving her pennies for almost 19 years and she was making plans this week to cash them in at a bank - all 55,000 of them.

'Pet' girl with leash kicked off bus

2008-01-24 10:38:06

A British bus company has apologized to a girl who is led around on a leash by her boyfriend and describes herself as a human pet after one of its drivers threw her off a bus.

Cat stowaway makes it home

2008-01-23 14:35:06

The last time cat-owner Kelly Levy saw her tiger-striped feline was before she took her husband to the airport. The 24-year-old came back to her house late Friday to find the bottom step, where Gracie Mae would usually be waiting, empty.

81-year-old rises from coffin

2008-01-21 15:45:46

A man in the small Chilean village of Angol rose from his coffin when his relatives were bidding him a final farewell, local media reported Sunday.

Skull on sale at flea market

2008-01-20 14:55:20

A vendor was found selling a human skull at Belgrade flea market, local media reported Saturday.

Mystery man's annual visit to Poe grave

2008-01-20 11:51:27

Undeterred by controversy, a mysterious visitor paid his annual tribute at the grave of Edgar Allan Poe early Saturday, placing three red roses and a half-filled bottle of cognac before stealing away into the darkness.

Army to pay for stray rocket

2008-01-18 16:52:20

Russia's military Thursday offered compensation to a homeowner after a small rocket veered off course and hit his country house outside Moscow.

Hen 'rescuer' waits for trial

2008-01-18 15:07:26

A paperwork mix-up means a man charged with stealing 20 hens from a Foxton farm 14 months ago will now reappear in the Levin District Court next month.

You're a Packers fan, son, got it?

2008-01-18 09:08:34

Upset that his 7-year-old son wouldn't wear a Green Bay Packers jersey during the team's playoff victory Saturday, a man restrained the boy for an hour with tape and taped the jersey onto him.