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.