- Sexy orchids do more than embarrass wasps?
- You want fries with that? YES!!!!
- Woman fired for giving 16-cent treat to toddler
- 'Medvedev girl' backs Russia's new president
- Latin resurrected... on Vatican website
- George's fable: the tortoise and the chair
- Tennessee driver gets in wreck, sees his home catch fire, gets ticket
- Police officer in Windsor investigated for intimate conversation over scanner
- Book lifts lid on star of eerie first Dracula film
- Royal jewels, rare watches to test auction market
- Happy Mother's Day: Woman pregnant with 18th child
- Man loses 35,000 dollars in 'marinaded money' scam
- Australian woman saves swimmer from shark: report
- Michigan youngster collects a million pennies for his school
- SpongeBob SquarePants image painted on historic Colorado cabin
- Chicago students seek Obama's haircut, speedy spud, Weird Al
- Australian pokes great white shark in eye
- Hundreds strip for naked photo shoot in Austria, latest work of NY photographer
- Woman pays off old parking ticket
- A new wrinkle in smoking enforcement...
- Olympics bonuses tailored to prevent squandering
- 'I did something bad': Japanese thief asks for punishment
- Death by degree at British university
- Australian seniors fight off old age with fencing
- Unlucky licence plate sells for 130,000 dollars in Hong Kong: report
- Illinois man reclaims stationary bike world record
- Driver fined after buckling case of beer in car - but not five-year-old child
- Aussie driver straps in beer, instead of child: police
- Biologist names newly found trapdoor spider after Neil Young
- Southwest Airlines passenger cited for disorderly conduct with cellphone
- U.S. college student charged with assault after pelting cop with M&Ms candy
- A new wrinkle in smoking enforcement...
- Man pokes shark in eye during attack
- Nepal king makes animal sacrifices to power goddess
- Velcro marks 50th anniversary along parade route with really long r-r-r-rip
- Man sues airline over flight spent in toilet
- Parents board flight, forget toddler at airport
- Church in Georgia tempts prospective worshippers with $500 gasoline raffle
- Parishioners in Cape Cod town subdue thief trying to make off with collection
- Drunk 'Darth Vader' punished for Jedi attack
- Man watching DVD while driving stopped, charged by provincial police
- Ireland unearths multi-million euro worms
- Man dressed as Darth Vader spared jail in attack on founder of U.K.'s Jedi church
- Beam me up, M'Lud: judges get 'Star Trek' outfits
- Japanese city finds opium poppies grown for festival
- College student is elected mayor of Oklahoma city of Muskogee at age 19
- Honda robot conducts Detroit Symphony to warm response
- The truth is out there: Britons 'spotted' UFOs, records say
- Tory fundraising message contradicts government line
- Giant beetles found inside package at Pennsylvania post office
- Montreal journalist defends his slobby lifestyle in 'My Messy Life'
- Chicago lifts ban on foie gras
- Detroit Symphony hopes robot conductor will fire up students
- New York taxi driver fined for foul-mouthed tirade against fellow cabbie
- Skateboarder jailed in traffic row
- Support melts away for wax British PM
- Robot conducts Detroit orchestra
- Green aliens, UFOs said to visit
- World's smallest helicopter to fly in da Vinci birthplace
- Australian suburb goes to pot as police raid 'cannabisville'
- Portuguese PM under fire for smoking during a flight
- Michigan Girl Scout sells 17,328 boxes of cookies
- Ken Griffey Jr. pays off debt to teammate Josh Fogg in pennies
- Hummer drives on top of police car in Markham, Ont., after break-and-enter
- 19 year old elected mayor of US city
- Year of the Rat causing China's tough year ahead of 2008 Summer Olympics?
- World's smallest helicopter to fly at da Vinci's birthplace on May 25
- Russian scientists announce 'spaceroach' grandchildren: report
- Romanians find bears seeking food in building
- Inmates showcase designs at prison show
- Wedding day fireworks land groom in jail
- "No, after you - I'm just here to rob the place!"
- Wisconsin man says he won't buy gas for 31 days, maybe longer
- Ageing Aussies strip in pension protest
- Birmingham City boot boy given keys to Mercedes by team star Kapo
- Giant pythons invade southeastern Florida: study
- Ohio township to feds: We don't want your money
- American tourist joins pandas in 'surreal' earthquake ordeal
- Half-eaten Snickers bar implicates hungry burglar in Arkansas
- Defence minister laces on rugby boots for Nova Scotia Keltics
- Couple get set to broadcast wedding to the world on the Internet
- Artist covers closed gas station with fabric to make statement
- Ohio man, jailed for allowing daughter's truancy, to be freed
- Bad bard William Topaz McGonagall beats J.K. Rowling in Edinburgh auction
- Vivid blue, 3.7-carat diamond sells for almost $5 million at Swiss auction
- Game of cat and mouse blacks out city
- Orangutan tries to flee Los Angeles Zoo; 3,000 visitors sent toward the exit
- For sale: one Channel island. Tax haven, has own jail
- After grilling, Thai PM hangs up TV cook pots
- Mont. gov. speaks at commencement for class of one
- 2 Colo. men exchange Taser shots over parked van
- Sex and elephants woo voters ahead of Romania polls
- Sumo dish smasher warned after tantrum
- Like a bull in a china shop, but worse
- Sorry, you are out of ammo ...
- Indiana man drilling for oil - in his backyard
- Welsh referee shown yellow card for benefits scam
- Donkey jailed in Mexico for biting, kicking people
- Defence Minister MacKay plays 40 minutes in Rugby Canada Super League game
- Photographer speared through leg by javelin at Utah track meet
- Judge's reason for cancelling hearing is a gas
- Melons hid cocaine shipment: Dutch police
- Arresting case of lovestruck Greek posing as police chief
- Another gherkin for me, please
- Top marks for Italian gourmet jail
- $175 burger: you want gold with that?
- Cash-strapped man offers to pay with drugs
- Mass. officer's gun goes off during safety class
- Ohio high-school students' hotel room doors duct-taped shut by chaperone
- 'Space' kangaroo shines light on global warming
- Gum with bark to take bite out of bad breath
- Chefs in a stew over "pretentious" cuisine
- Referee banned for changing his mind
- Historian pleads guilty to stealing Lincoln letter
- Austrian woman injures herself, 18 others with pepper on Vienna subway
- Smile! Your crime is on YouTube
- Czech artist fined for traffic light stunt
- Who's a clever boy then? Stray parrot talks way home
- Restless roosters rile Swazi authorities
- Missing parrot returned to keeper in Japan after reciting name, address
- High court to decide if man should be compensated for bottled fly
- Drunken German cyclists could face driving ban
- Dad forced to wrestle with frightened deer after it crashes into hair salon
- Harrison Ford waxes lyrical - and chest - to save rainforests
- Referee banned for changing his mind
- Burton, Harris, O'Toole and Reed: Hellraisers Inc
- Historian pleads guilty to stealing Lincoln letter
- Pilots land on a wing and a prayer
- Miliband whips predecessor for lack of chivalry with Rice
- Australian clocked speeding at 263kmh in makeshift car
- Aussie parachutists fined for Sydney building jump
- Missouri auto dealership offers gun with purchase
- Dead flies in bottled water not worth 340,000: Canada court
- Top court quashes damage award for fly in water bottle
- Herd of wild boars thwart car thief's getaway in northern Germany
- English coastguards rescue water-shy dog
- Bureaucrats get taste of jail
- Every pupil's dream: the exam with answers on back
- Malaysian suspect escapes in police car while handcuffed
- Quebec con who weighs 430 pounds gets reduced sentence because of weight
- Optical device connects New York, London in real time
- Warning issued over unlicensed sex drugs
- Mystery deepens as 4th severed foot found
- Car thief held after stand-off with boars
- Cheap parking in Illinois town: 12 minutes for a penny; 12 hours for a quarter
- US mongrel scoops Palme Dog prize at Cannes film fest
- Indiana Jones makes communists see red
- Buy a car, get a free gun
- Guy loses lawsuit over fly in bottle of water
- Shrine workers may keep their underwear on
- Ailing search-and-rescue dog named Molly get heart pacemaker
- Calgary Vipers minor leaguer traded for 10 baseball bats
- Warning issued over unlicensed sex drugs
- Car thief held after stand-off with boars
- US mongrel scoops Palme Dog prize at Cannes film fest
- Locksmith cracks 159-year-old safe from Oregon that baffled others
- Japanese railway turns to feline 'stationmaster' for help
- More Cannes kudos for Kazakh 'big ears' film
- French skydiver gets green light for historic jump
- Medics ready for annual cheese rolling race
- Passenger carrying drugs in Tokyo as dog fails sniff test
- Toyota, Hino to help develop road-rail vehicle: spokesman
- Survivors asked to pay for rescue in Australia: reports
- MPs, including Tories, sign up to view controversial sex comedy
- 12-year-old West Virginia girl stung by scorpion while shopping at Wal-Mart
- French skydiver postpones historic jump
- Squirrels squat Finnish open-air museum
- Everest record old news for Japanese climber, 75
- Japanese man calls toll-free 500 times for female voice: police
- Whey to go: British cheese rollers defy weather
- Australian fishermen haul up a 6-metre-long, 225-kilogram giant squid
- Man carrying a rusted, pirate-style sword arrest at Macy's store in New York
- Money-losing Japanese rail company draws passengers with station mascot
- French skydiver fails record freefall bid
- Women break all-male Mount Athos ban
- Pennsylvania couple, 89 and 75, show you're never too old to fall in love
- Trans Atlantic 'tunnel' links London to New York
- French skydiver's record bid scuppered
- Indonesia's Megawati wants 'cool boyfriend' for poll bid: report
- Australian colonial premier dug up for paternity test
- Hair patrol: Louisiana barber ticketed for Monday work
- Officer responding to break-in nabs dead turkey in Kalamazoo, Mich.
- Police: Mexican man steals gold chain from girl, swallows evidence
- Boy who hopped two flights last year tries it again
- Space station crew to NASA: Send plumber soon, toilet's on the fritz
- Sex or football provokes heated debate among fans
- Liquor store owner in Colorado told to stop taking shoplifters' shoes
- Ben & Jerry's offering new flavour called Image Whirled Peace
- San Francisco duo claims record for world's longest handshake: 9 1/2 hours
- Separated twins in Spain find each 28 years later: lawyer
- French skydiver fails record freefall bid
- Toilet breaks at International Space Station
- Baby put up for sale on Craigslist?
- Vietnam reports "UFO" explosion
- 'Cursed' tomb of Shakespeare gets a makeover
- Childhood 'toy' revealed as ancient Persian relic
- HK, China customs crack high-wire smuggling act: report
- Police wonder how naked man staged 10th-floor balcony break-in
- Lacrosse fans in one B.C. community ordered to stay silent during games
- Vietnam reports "UFO" explosion
- NASA packs new toilet parts on shuttle for ISS
- Who's the daddy? Swiss zoo in gorilla paternity mix-up
- Japanese scientists create microscopic noodle bowl using nanotechnology
- Lawyer sues Delta for ruining family vacation
- Israel names biblically banned Hoopoe national bird
- Space station incommoded by broken toilet
- Smugglers busted over zip wire border racket
- And the gold medal for Olympic scams goes to...
- Quirky marriage proposal triggers UFO alert in sleepy German town
- Tony New York town of Southampton rescinds ban on clotheslines
- Fox News employee sues over workplace bedbug bites
- New Zealand man fined for using hedgehog to assault teenager
- Illinois says less roadkill to be picked up from state highways this summer
- Fox News worker sues over bedbugs in office
- Businessman to shower money to sell book
- Japan man discovers woman living in his closet
- Largest diamond ever auctioned off in Asia fetches US$6.2 million
- Japanese woman arrested after living undetected in man's closet for a year
- And the gold medal for Olympic scams goes to...
- Woman gives birth to healthy baby after rare full-term pregnancy in ovary
- Ticketed driver pays a Wisconsin fine, 21 years after it was first issued
- At 84, citizen police alum still learning at Lewiston, Maine, police academy
- Small Minnesota community has told Google to remove its images
- A fringe candidate stirs up San Diego mayoral race with unorthodox platform
- Police in Colorado are hunting for robbers wearing thongs as masks
- Stolen soda machine's tracks lead back to owner, Arkansas police say
- Substitute teacher and student get into brawl at suburban Atlanta school
- Paraguay's casual new president popularizes 'bishop sandals'
- Minor-league pitcher traded for 10 bats looking for redemption
- Ousted Nepal king consults astrologers in house hunt?
- Hitler wax figure sparks controversy
- Foreigners reminded to behave during Olympics
- Underground drinks party ends in mayhem
- Man unearths box filled with Depression-era cash
- New York police charge woman who drove wrong way on the Tappan Zee
- Arrests at booze-ban protest party on London Underground
- From bad to verse: Vandals get classroom penance
- Wall Street broker acquitted of gym member assault
- Indonesian man sends thousands of dollars down from the sky
- Man orders father murdered to get his job
- Just too busy to peel oranges?
- Couple "divorced without knowledge"
- Speed up bathing and save energy
- Runway at Amsterdam's airport closed after Second World War bomb unearthed
- Ohio city approves jail time for failing to mow law
- Police find guns, cash, plasma TV set in a jail cel in northeast Brazil
- 2 1/2-metre-high statue of Jesus stolen from cross in Detroit
- First World Mind Sports Games to be held in Beijing in October
- Seizing cars from drunk drivers
- Cars torched in arson spree