Mom drives son to rob store

2007-05-17 14:59:00

A 36-year-old German mother-of-five drove her son to a jewelry store he wanted to rob because she was afraid he may come to some harm, Bild newspaper reported Wednesday.

2 sets of brothers accused of arson

2007-05-16 15:02:24

Two sets of Pittsburgh-area brothers, including one pair who were firefighters, face charges that they set fires for fun.

Baby issued gun ID card

2007-05-16 14:13:02

Bubba Ludwig can't walk, talk or open the refrigerator door - but he does have his very own Illinois gun permit.

Poisonous snakes found in mail

2007-05-16 11:23:54

South African environmental inspectors discovered 10 poisonous snakes smuggled in video cassette cases when they searched a suspicious package at a post office.

Soccer stars win sex toy suit

2007-05-15 10:13:07

German sex shop chain Beate Uhse must pay German soccer stars Michael Ballack and Oliver Kahn 50,000 euros ($67,380) each for using their names for vibrators without permission, the company said Monday.

Man breaks into jail cell

2007-05-14 14:34:36

A bumbling intruder broke into an empty New Zealand police station and accidentally locked himself in a cell, but managed to smash his way out again just before authorities arrived.

Festival sells deep-fried testicles

2007-05-14 10:14:29

Around here, it may be tough to pass up anything deep-fried.

Plan to urge breast feeding scrapped

2007-05-14 09:50:10

Plans to urge Japanese mothers to breast-feed and sing lullabies to their babies and for families to turn off the TV during meals have been scrapped。

Man found after 7 years dead in bed

2007-05-14 09:50:10

The decomposed corpse of a German man was found alone in his bed after nearly seven years, police in the western city of Essen said Thursday.

Nudists try to attract younger following

2007-05-14 09:38:00

Here's the naked truth about nude recreation: The people who practice it aren't getting any younger.

Scientist: Don't trust sunscreen

2007-05-11 23:47:59

The latest skin-cancer prevention advice is to stop trusting sunscreen as the front line of defense against harmful rays.

Man tries robbery with lighter

2007-05-11 13:52:28

A thief covered his face with a pair of blue women's underwear and used a pistol-shaped cigarette lighter in a botched robbery of a convenience store, police said. "I couldn't make this stuff up if I tried," State Police Sgt. T.C. Kearns told The Journal in Martinsburg.