Man wakes from 19-year coma
2007-06-04 10:54:51
A railway worker who emerged from a 19-year coma woke to a radically altered Poland and thinks "the world is prettier now" than it was under communism, his wife said Sunday.
$1M gold tub stolen from hotel
2007-05-31 13:46:44
A glittering bathtub made of gold worth nearly $1 million has been stolen from a resort hotel, an official said Wednesday.
Man stole 1,500 pairs of shoes
2007-05-30 13:44:47
Police seized more than 1,500 pairs of girls' shoes from the home and storage unit of a man arrested for breaking into a high school, police said Tuesday.
Man wrestles leopard in bedroom
2007-05-30 11:21:13
An Israeli man wrestled a leopard to the ground after it entered his bedroom in a desert college and tried to make a meal of his pet cat
Bees force plane to land
2007-05-28 15:03:53
A passenger plane was forced to land after flying into a swarm of British bees Thursday.
Site sells fictional real estate
2007-05-28 14:26:07
Real estate is often a long-term investment. But 10,000 years?
Woman, 60, gives birth to twins
2007-05-23 14:08:04
A 60-year-old woman became a mother, twice over, when she delivered a pair of boys Tuesday.
Man sleeps through gunshot
2007-05-22 11:25:46
Michael Lusher apparently is a sound sleeper. A small-caliber bullet struck the 37-year-old Altizer man in the head as he slept Sunday morning, but he didn't realize it until he awoke nearly four hours later and noticed blood coming from his head
Clerk finds $10, buys $1M ticket
2007-05-21 11:21:31
Kristina Schneider tried to persuade a customer at the BP station where she works to buy the last ticket on a roll of the Magnificent Millions lottery game.
Mermaid statue in Muslim dress
2007-05-21 11:16:33
The Little Mermaid statue in Denmark's capital was found draped in a Muslim dress and head scarf Sunday morning.
Bride turns down "dark" groom
2007-05-21 09:53:28
Turned down for marriage due to his dark complexion, an Indian man staged a hunger strike outside his would be bride's house for two days before she finally relented.
Homosexual beauty contest
2007-05-18 17:09:17
Transvestites participate in a beauty contest in Nepali capital Kathmandu May 17, 2007. Resplendent in sequinned evening gowns, more than a dozen gay men took to the stage in Nepal's first homosexual beauty contest, urging authorities in the remote Himalayan nation to recognise their rights. Picture taken May 17, 2007.