Man survives fall from 17th floor
2007-01-22 10:10:35
A man crashed through a double-paned window in a hotel on Saturday and plummeted 16 floors - but survived when he was caught by a roof overhang.
World's oldest woman died at 115
2007-01-21 15:08:09
Julie Winnifred Bertrand, the world's oldest woman at 115, died in her sleep in a Montreal nursing home, according to Canadian media reports Friday.
Buckets of blood readied for Slovenian's Amazon swim
2007-01-20 09:47:01
Few would even dare swim the Amazon river bank to bank but Slovenian Martin Strel plans to swim 3,375 miles (5,430 km) down the world's greatest river, defying piranhas, snakes, crocodiles and even sharks.
Woman has hair-raising experience on bus
2007-01-19 13:25:22
In a new twist in Rio de Janeiro's crime annals, scissor-wielding thieves clipped off the long, flowing locks of a 22-year-old Brazilian woman as she rode in a city bus.
Mirror, mirror on the wall, is this dress for me?
2007-01-19 13:25:22
Mirror, mirror, on the wall, does this outfit make me look good, bad, fat or tall?
Escaped chimp cleans bathroom
2007-01-18 14:01:19
An escaped chimpanzee at the Little Rock Zoo raided a kitchen cupboard and did a little cleaning with a toilet brush before sedatives knocked her out on top of a refrigerator.
Workers crushed by coffee beans
2007-01-18 13:38:30
A concrete wall collapsed at a Honduran coffee warehouse Wednesday, crushing six workers under tons of bagged coffee beans, emergency officials said.
Rebels said to eat gorillas
2007-01-18 09:19:29
Rebels in eastern Congo have killed and eaten two silverback mountain gorillas, conservationists said Wednesday, warning they fear more of the endangered animals may have been slaughtered in the lawless region.
Dog buried alive, being rescued
2007-01-17 14:00:36
Whimpers a man heard while doing yard work turned out to be a dog buried alive in a neighbor's backyard.
Parents expect large baby, but get three
2007-01-17 13:48:24
Lynette and Dusty Johnson expected to have another large baby, after their first two weighed more than 9 pounds. Instead of one large baby, they got three.
$19M found under house
2007-01-17 11:12:29
Colombian police Tuesday found about $19 million belonging to a drug trafficking group buried under a house in the southwestern city of Cali, the second such discovery in less than a week.
Male panda too fat to have sex
2007-01-17 10:21:02
Chuang Chuang the Panda is just too heavy to have sex. Thai authorities have put him on a strict diet as part of a long-running campaign to get him to mate.