Fake lawyer defends drunk driver
2007-11-03 15:19:03
An alleged drunken driver will get a new trial after court officials say he was represented by a fake lawyer.
Pet honored for saving masters
2007-11-02 22:01:06
When Debbie Parkhurst choked on a piece of apple at her Maryland home, her dog jumped in, landing hard on her chest and forcing the morsel to pop out of her throat.
Love hotels woo investors
2007-11-03 14:25:03
Japan's secretive love hotels are opening up to European investors as one player in the sector prepares for a debut on London's stock market this month.
Woman wants to sell breast milk
2007-11-02 19:01:56
A woman who doesn't want her breast milk to go to waste has taken out a newspaper ad in hopes of selling it.
Spider bite no excuse for rape
2007-11-02 18:57:00
An Australian man who kidnapped and raped a woman blamed his actions on a spider, local media reported on Thursday.
Give us money, it's a ketchup
2007-10-31 16:43:46
Two thieves armed only with ketchup ambushed a supermarket employee as he was taking cash to the bank, Greek police said Tuesday.
Teen escapes prison in suitcase
2007-10-31 16:42:16
A 19-year-old German woman has escaped from prison by hiding in a friend's suitcase.
Judge booted for flipping coin to decide
2007-11-03 15:04:48
A judge who ordered a woman to drop her pants and decided a custody dispute by flipping a coin was removed from the bench by the Virginia Supreme Court.
Investigator 'debugs' N.M. ghost mystery
2007-10-31 13:54:58
Jeepers, it was just one of those creepers. An investigator specializing in all things bizarre has debugged the mystery of the Santa Fe Courthouse Ghost -- a specter captured on a blurry surveillance videotape.
Baroque painting inside old sofa
2007-10-31 10:31:05
A Berlin student who bought a second-hand sofa bed at a flea market learned she had been sitting on a small fortune when she found a baroque painting hidden inside the couch.
Dogs shoot man on hunting trip
2007-10-31 06:43:21
A pack of hunting dogs shot an Iowa man as he went to retrieve a fallen pheasant, authorities said.
He's not undead, just unsober...
2007-10-30 10:28:27
Passengers on a German train mistook a Halloween reveler dressed up as a gore-covered zombie for a murder victim and called the police.