Student gets detention for hugging
2007-11-08 09:24:37
An eighth-grader was punished for violating a school policy banning public displays of affection when she hugged two friends Friday.
Die and you're under arrest!
2007-11-08 09:11:07
Queen Elizabeth II's speech in the British parliament Tuesday may have been routine but at least nobody got bored to death. That would have been against the law.
Boys to swap homes 4 years after mix-up
2007-11-07 23:43:47
Two boys, one Saudi and one Turkish, will swap homes four years after a hospital gave them to the wrong parents, a Saudi newspaper said Wednesday.
Cow plunges off cliff onto moving minivan
2007-11-07 23:42:18
A cow plunged from a 200-foot (61-metre) cliff onto the hood of a minivan on a highway in central Washington state, according to police.
Man sets new record by living with 87 rattlesnakes
2007-11-06 20:40:52
Jackie Bibby, "The Texas Snake Man" made another bizarre world record - staying in a tub with 87 rattlesnakes, according to AP reports Tuesday.
Wis. boy, 3, finds woolly mammoth tooth
2007-11-06 15:05:20
Gary Kidd had a pretty good idea that what his 3-year-old grandson had found was no rock, but the tooth of a woolly mammoth.
Man nearly tosses 4.38-carat diamond
2007-11-06 15:03:04
Chad Johnson has found about 80 diamonds at Crater of Diamonds State Park since moving to Murfreesboro in February, but the former Iowa resident on Monday nearly threw away his largest find yet.
Cremated 'son' turns up alive
2007-11-05 19:58:10
A mother cremated a body she thought was that of her dead son, only to find the next day her son was still alive, police said Friday.
Tiny Texas town on sale at eBay
2007-11-05 19:46:39
A tiny town of 13 acres in Texas is now on sale at eBay, and the minimum price in the online auction is 2.5 million bucks.
Mythical beast in Texas is coyote
2007-11-05 18:43:46
The results are in: The ugly, big-eared animal found this summer in southern Texas is not the mythical, bloodsucking chupacabra. It's just a plain old coyote.
Donors bid millions NOT to rename school
2007-11-05 14:15:15
When he became dean of the University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Business in 2002, Michael Knetter went looking for a big donor, someone who would give $50 million in exchange for putting their name on the school.
Anti-wedgie underwear invented
2007-11-03 15:33:08
Wedgie-proof underwear earned 8-year-old twin boys a spot Friday on "The Ellen DeGeneres Show."