- 95-year-old Kansas woman who spent lifetime learning to graduate college
- English pub wants Peru's help to beat smoking ban
- Police find rental truck filled with stinky contents in Arizona
- Ohio church's neighbours say it's disturbing the peace, not spreading it
- Michigan minister performs weddings as Elvis impersonator
- Georgia town goes whole hog for horror movie about legendary pig Hogzilla
- Rocket carries ashes of Star Trek's 'Scotty' and Mercury astronaut into space
- 70-year-old marathoner catches alleged shoplifter in New Hampshire
- Suspicious package causes evacuation at Iowa college, turns out to be condoms
- California man arrested for allegedly stealing 26 cars to see girlfriend
- N.Y. City tries to crack down on unwanted fliers left on people's doorsteps
- Jailed politicians use cellphones to woo voters from jail
- Blind pilot finishes microlight flight from London to Sydney
- B.C. hippos and handlers happy as Hazina meets Haben
- Iran takes a snip at wacky male hairdos
- 'Slow motion' runner finishes London marathon, one week after it starts
- Illegally parked alligator snarls freeway traffic in San Antonio
- Man accused of passing out obscene fliers featuring nude photos of ex-wives
- Japanese company develops patch for bottom of paw to measure pet's stress
- U.S. photographer hopes for biggest nude shoot in Mexico City
- Maintenance workers find hashish the cause of plugged courthouse toilet
- Blind pilot finishes micro-light flight from London to Sydney
- Rubik's "speed cubers" earning celebrity status
- Google Earth moves a village?
- Artist to fill Mexico City's Zocalo with nudes
- Video game aims to hook children on Shakespeare
- Japanese actress baffled by 'sheep-dog scam'
- TV sends fat UK teens to Aussie outback
- Blind pilot flies halfway round world
- Box unearthed from backyard in Pennsylvania holds old dynamite, not treasure
- Gov. Chris Gregoire signs bill making Pacific chorus frog the Wash's. official amphib
- About 200 Minnesota graduates decide to go skinny dipping in murky campus pond
- Kansas inmates irritated after officials begin to ration the toilet paper
- West Virginia officials capture pesky bear with help from bacon grease, honey bun
- 'Reggie' the alligator reappears in L.A. lake after 18 months
- Utah restaurant offers spicy reward for info leading to arrest of thief
- Pennsylvania woman used poisonous snakes to hold police at bay
- Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal to meet on half-clay, half-grass court
- Beer-loving Aussies are turning to a softer brew
- 135-year-old keys to maximum-security prison in Iowa are sold on EBay
- Cat out of the bag after passing through airport scanner
- Cellphones, rapture or Einstein? Ideas, myths swirl around bees' disappearance
- Snakes the new enemy for Nepal's former rebels
- Broken ball prompts 2nd lotto drawing in Pennsylvania, 2 sets of winners
- Stolen wallet turns up at Boston demolition site 56 years later - to the day
- The Beaver magazine seeks 'worst Canadian' in country's history
- Indonesian school designates spitting spots
- Legend Lendl has no tennis rackets
- Police call locksmith to break into jail
- Couple burned alive for "black magic"
- Magazine seeks "nice" Canada's greatest villains
- Jail term cut for "neighbor from hell" granny
- Cashiers claim desperate measures
- Canadian mint unveils first million-dollar coin
- Naked man leads Kentucky police on 40 minute foot chase
- Police say Oregon teacher took kid's jacket, tried to sell it on eBay
- Judge sues dry cleaner for $65 million over a pair of missing pants
- Idaho man finds the words 'Go Home' spray-painted on the side of his wandering dog
- Romanian police find 60 kg of heroin in car, five years later
- Royal Canadian Mint introduces world's first 100-kilogram pure gold coin
- On duty Halifax police officer charged with running a red light
- Museum offering to buy roaches
- Pennsylvania woman's kidney donation to husband ends couple's divorce plans
- U.S. woman's school ring found in ocean off Mariana Islands years after loss
- Frog juice sold as aphrodisiac in Peruvian markets
- Monkey see, monkey sue: Austrian activists want chimpanzee declared a 'person'
- Calf born with 6 legs, other physical oddities, romps happily at Nebraska farm
- Canada Post cowed by "very threatening cat"
- Sicilian city hires 110 bus drivers -- with no licenses
- Tied English council election decided on coin toss
- With polygraph and GPS, artist creates 'emotional maps' of cities.
- Affectionate plane passenger convicted for interfering with flight attendants
- Starving vultures prey on living animals
- U.S. spouses cheat like the French, but feel worse
- Mourning man lies in own grave, and waits to die
- Ringling Circus threatens boycott of Conn. over proposed ban on elephant tool
- Norwegian soccer game between priests, imams cancelled over female factor
- Dinner for 1,800: Austria sets new record
- Imams red card match after women fielded in football friendly
- Brazil orders suspension of Internet ad from man for sale of wife
- "Rice Krispies" noise in boy's ear turns out to be nesting spiders
- Volunteers' number gaffes keep Illinois man from record book
- Mexicans strip en masse for U.S. photographer Tunick's biggest nude shoot yet
- New service in Illinois town offers tows for intoxicated tavern patrons
- Man proposes to girlfriend aboard zero-gravity flight; she says yes
- Breaking up is hard, so shrine offers help
- Forget it, Jake... It's Chinatown
- Compensation paid over compulsory after-work drinks
- 18,000 Mexicans strip for US photographer
- Sask. officer who showed buttocks on Internet fights to get job back
- Sheriff candidate named Andy Griffith did no harm to famous actor: judge
- Small-town Alta schools hope hockey can save them from declining enrolment
- Brazilian brewer ordered to pay thousands of dollars to alcoholic beer taster
- Canada's poppy quarters caused sensational warnings of 'spy coins' in U.S.
- Fines slapped on Beijing spitters
- A day after big Mexican nude scene, photographer shoots 105 naked 'Fridas'
- The cost of going green: designer grocery bags eliminate plastic - for $900
- Ex-employee at Vatican convicted of cocaine possession
- Two Hong Kongers bitten by scorpions in fruit
- Malaysia plans to pour away 196,000 smuggled beers
- U.S. record-breaker unmasked as Russian fugitive
- Lawmakers brawl in parliament, again
- Man wants electoral voice for "living dead"
- Motorists drove around dead body on road
- Woman allegedly forces her 83-year-old housemate to smoke crack cocaine in ID scam
- Customers accused of trying to put $1 over on blind operator of deli in courthouse
- Energy drink called 'Cocaine' is pulled from stores amid concerns about name
- Man misdiagnosed with fatal cancer seeks compensation after spending life savings
- Vienna's public library raising cash through erotica hotline
- Man takes driving test drunk, fails
- Play and pray: Malaysian student creates PlayStation Koran
- Kids steal crayons, Play Doh, milk from Milwaukee day care, police say
- Colorado teen pleads guilty to hacking to change his grades
- Wallet reunited with owner after five decades in a 1946 Hudson
- Serial socks snatcher knee-deep in trouble again, Illinois police say
- Illinois student dresses roadkill in pet or human baby clothes
- Lawmakers brawl in parliament, again
- Clipper time and team bonding: New York Mets get buzz cuts in show of unity
- Alaska couple takes photos of grizzly bear killing adult moose in its driveway
- Japanese toilet makers issue warning over flaming, smoking bidets
- South Korea county cans award for drinking workers
- Jerry Garcia's guitars spur Grateful Dead auction
- Monkeys, capybaras are zoo's odd couple
- Paris Hilton draws petitions for, against jail
- Men go for luxury when choosing handbags: survey
- Wedding party flees Austrian restaurant to avoid paying bill
- SKorean council scraps awards for boozers
- Dutch scavenger hunt ends after missing vulture found safe in field
- Homeless man survives garbage truck crushing in West Palm Beach
- Dog helps rescuers find missing 88-year-old owner who went missing in Japan
- Gas station owner that offered discounts to seniors ordered to raise prices
- Elderly man drives 7 kms in wrong way on Austrian motorway
- Teen accused of growing pot on vacant property owned by a deputy police chief
- Wal-Mart against shoplifters' sentence of holding signs of crime on property
- Minnesota man working under his dad's deck has close run-in with wolf
- Rescue units called in to save a dummy from a 150-foot power tower in Wyoming
- Michigan police officer who admitted making pot brownies will avoid charges
- Calif. deputy leaves loaded service revolver in bar bathroom
- Mom, daughter arrested for allegedly stealing from businessman they met in a bar
- Japan uncovers oldest translation of 'Peta Rabbit'
- PNG police in gun battle with human sacrifice cult
- Milanese amused, bewildered by enormous naked balloon sculpture
- Worries about buzzards, planes prompt Texas State to rethink 'body farm' site
- Fight breaks out in audience of Boston Pops opening-night concert
- Paris Hilton dead (in new sculpture)
- Executed man gets last meal wish after he dies
- Copies of newspaper with photo of bare-bellied student stunt vanish
- Spanish police pull over man in wheelchair on expressway
- Thai transsexuals take stage for beauty crown
- Fistfight mars Boston Pops' opening night
- Riot police show strength to warn troublemakers
- U.S. movie group slaps new restrictions on smoking
- German man found after 7 years dead in bed
- Plan to urge breast feeding scrapped
- Under Christ's nose, a monumental scandal rocks Rio de Janeiro
- Burger-loving burglar enjoys nosh and nap during break-in at Pennsylvania bar
- Object that fell through roof in New Jersey was just space junk: scientists
- Two-nosed calf born in Merrill, Wis.; smaller, functioning nose on top of first
- Teacher charged after dogs smell drugs on papers on his classroom desk
- Dutch customs officials nab woman with fake leg cast with cocaine inside
- Man with panties on his face armed with lighter allegedly tries to rob store
- Armless, one-legged driver leads Florida police on a high speed chase
- Oklahoma rescue team saves 70-year-old woman from flood, her dog and pot of stew
- Thai transsexuals take stage for beauty crown
- American parents drop Katrina as baby name because of disastrous hurricane
- Disoriented penguin swims ashore on Peruvian coast, 5,000 km from home
- British store pulls T-shirt that unwittingly promoted ethnic cleansing
- Rare albino alligator on display at Tenn. zoo; 'Nobody believes she's real'
- German sex toy seller to pay damages to football stars
- Air fills with feathers at Toronto City Hall during massive pillow fight
- Italian prefers prison over his mother's arguing
- Car number plate sold for 6.8 million dollars in UAE
- Rocket company zeroes in on missing rocket carrying remains of 'Scotty'
- 300 attend Wis. festival to eat deep-fried livestock testicles
- Tenn. teachers stage fake gunman attack on 6th-graders during school trip
- No winners in NASA's moon-dirt digging competition; try again next year
- South African 'green' police find venomous snakes
- Cat survives trip of at least 35 days from China to North Carolina in cargo crate
- Determined snapping turtle tries to lay eggs near Central Park ice skating rink
- French workers biggest whiners, Irish happiest: study
- Wisconsin town holds fried 'Testicle Festival'
- Sea lion joins schoolchildren's walk-a-thon on shores of San Francisco bay
- Graying nudist groups try to appeal to younger members
- Teen becomes Indiana's youngest death investigator
- Bush playfully conducts his own exit to 'Stars and Stripes'
- Soccer stars win sex toy suit
- Destroyer sent to bottom by friendly fire off B.C. coast
- Granny, 95, graduates university to set record
- Sounds of science push the boundaries of art
- Hitchhiker steals car, then dies in crash
- Making work even more of a slog takes weight off
- Soccer fan Sofia Loren to strip if team moves up
- Japanese lottery system breaks down
- Taxman takes on striptease in Norway
- Orangutan to undergo eye surgery
- Bible targeted in Hong Kong obscenity row
- Amsterdam airport's new 'X-ray' security scan reveals all
- Illinois issues gun owner identification card to 10-month-old boy
- Painting found at yard sale slated to fetch over $100,000 for Ontario couple
- Spanish home-buyer finds mummified body of former owner sitting on couch
- Helmet saves cyclist after truck runs over his head at Milwaukee intersection
- CORRECTED: Mom drives son to rob jewelry store
- Cyclist OK after delivery truck runs over head
- Firefighters lift Maggie the 7,500-pound elephant
- Mom drives son to rob jewelry story
- Report: Legislators call for end to monkey menace in Indian capital
- Train passengers asked to get out and push
- Bible drawn into sex publication controversy
- "Hooked" anti-smoking ads spark record complaints
- Men convicted of stealing miles of railway line
- Mother's Day striptease investigated
- Police chief warns officers in D.C. for National Police Week to behave
- Great Scot! Carnegie Mellon finally names Scottish terrier its official mascot
- Stalled passenger train in eastern India gets moving, thanks to people power
- 106-year-old reaches his goal of becoming oldest league bowler
- Calif. mom makes 'bully' daughter hold up sign of disgrace outside schools
- Mystery object that sparked L.A. airport evacuation turns out to be sprinkler
- Spring thaw brings out nude residents in southeastern Vermont town
- Wyoming school's pet bat tests positive for rabies after it dies in cage
- New York police arrest the plus-sized pickpocket known as the 'Hugging Bandit'
- Pair hatched bomb threat in hopes of gaining a lawsuit, end up with prison time
- Oregon police say motorcyclist led them on chase at speeds of up to 150 mph
- Wisconsin's 'werewolf' burglar sentenced to six months in jail
- Woman pleads guilty to robbing bank at a drive-up window while in a limo
- Blair, a poodle? No, just 'dogged,' says Bush
- Estimated $500 million in coins raised from colonial-era Atlantic wreck
- Hunt on for 'Chelsea' the Man U-hating parrot
- Wedding off: woman dumps fiance's van and possessions in harbour
- Victim catches thief as he stops to count loot in Malaysia
- British cyclist rides penny farthing into China on global trek
- Hundreds turn out for gun giveaway in Virginia government building
- U.S. video crew filming 'beautiful cities' sees ugly side of Vancouver
- Irish pub in Florida told to change ambiguous bathroom signs after mixup
- Man bites 3-year-old nephew all over his body to warn against biting, police say
- Python, cobras, and other creatures rescued after small basement fire in N.Y.
- Man in deep doo-doo after allegedly sending dog feces with parking ticket payment
- Estimated $500 million in coins raised from colonial-era Atlantic wreck
- Fla. Lottery says $500,000 ticket appears to be misprint rather than winner
- More than 24,000 people set record for simultaneous dancing
- French 'Spiderman' scales building in Berlin
- New York firefighters stumble across snake-filled apartment
- Broccoli wards off cancer, except in England
- Driver in London, Ont., angry at ticket, gets another after speeding away in huff
- Competitors square off in first-ever Rubik's Cube Canadian Open
- 2 U.S. plumbing companies battle over phone number made famous by '80s hit song
- Thief hit by bus as he flees New York City jewelry store on bicycle
- Hershey sues imprisoned marijuana candy maker alleging trademark infringement
- Controversy, sunshine bring multitudes to famous frog-jumping contest
- Wildlife officials in Florida have plan to save rabbits named after Hugh Hefner
- Cover your ears: U.S. Midwest readies for emergence of 17-year-old cicadas