- Swedish school cites discrimination in seizing birthday party invitations
- French pensioners lose epic battle for chic Paris restaurant
- Drunken Swede tries to row home from Denmark
- Police suspect giraffe in circus breakout
- Controversial tiger photos faked
- Man auctions off his life, sale price disappoints
- British student gets credit for scrawling expletive on exam paper
- France's gift cow-caribou missing from Quebec fete
- Fly me to the Moon: Japan firm offers weddings in space
- Trans-Canada in N.B. buzzes with action after truck spills million of bees
- Two people caught skinny dipping in Portland reservoir and both charged
- School birthday snub sparks cyber debate in Sweden
- Restaurant makes meal out of war
- And the world's happiest country is..
- Truck crash stirs up 12 million angry bees
- Two-meter-long catfish chokes on soccer ball in German canal
- Hymns for pope, rock and roll for the dead in Australia
- Truck crash stirs up 12 million angry bees
- Watermelon yields Viagra-like effects, scientists say
- Jail for Illinois man who stole, drugged puppy
- S.C. boy interested in law enforcement stole cruiser to do some patrolling: police
- Visit washroom before 'Dinner in the Sky,' guests advised
- No skimpy outfits on bar staff
- "Spiritual" effects of mushrooms last a year?
- In drug fight, Thai prison bans dead toads, curry and clams
- Minnesota teen charged with offering his vote on eBay
- Miniature dachshund gnaws off diabetic owner's toe
- Former hot-dog-chomping champ Takeru Kobayashi hungry for new title
- It's 'Jaws' vs 'Tsunami' in US-Japan hot-dog eating showdown
- Cremated remains will be part of fireworks show in Indianapolis
- You want cheese curds with that?
- Spanish cabinet members in tie revolt
- Southern Ontario woman gets Newfoundland accent after stroke, researchers say
- New Zealand man sells his soul to Hell Pizza
- Biker Bush vows to stay in saddle at G8
- Beijing hopes to wipe away toilet stigma
- Big cheese carving celebrates Independence Day
- Man accused of faking heart attacks to avoid bills
- American defeats Japanese for 2nd year in hot-dog eatoff
- Swiss court rules on noisy chicken
- New York authorities say that teenagers were attacked in Oniontown
- Crazy cat that frightened an entire neighbourhood has mended its ways
- Joey Chestnut wins the annual New York hot dog contest after eat-off
- Tomatoes get international standard
- UK court rules Pringles are potato-light, tax-free and not a potato snack
- Ottawa police nab suspect in manhole cover thefts
- Dutch police fine 10-year-old truck driver
- Vatican stops fake priest from taking confession: judge
- Man rips head from Hitler wax figure
- Oregon man, 48, completes flight of fancy - in balloon powered lawn chair
- Man out-spits father, claims pit-spitting title in Eau Claire, Mich
- China's love-struck looking to Olympics for marriage luck
- Arrest made after FedEx sends drug to the wrong place in Maryland
- Party balloons carry Oregon man to Idaho field and help realize a dream
- Knights in the ring as chess boxers slug it out
- New Zealand television channel switches porn for rugby
- Midland-Bay City unicycle ride raises $1,500 for a local church
- Dutch judge orders woman to get rid of 50 cats
- Embattled Bush makes birthday wish
- Truck rams Concorde, knocks off its nose in New York City
- Putting aside food crisis, G8 leaders savor world delicacies
- Police nab Mercedes-climbing goat, dog comes along for the ride
- Rare white Bengal tiger cubs unveiled at Saskatoon zoo
- Bylaw officials issue more tickets for public urination during Calgary Stampede
- Some coffee fans get grim delight in Starbucks woes
- Thirteen hurt on first day of Spanish bull run
- It pays to go in a public toilet
- Police nab two cannabis growers in cemetery
- Motor boating, duelling pistol among discontinued sports from past Olympics
- Bribe-takers found in Bangladesh's anti-corruption body
- Builder discovers "priceless" Tolkien postcard
- Court convicts man who says he can raise dead
- Dying to get cheaper as Malta ends hearse cartel
- Woman overpowers thief with tea and sympathy
- Guest talks too much, German woman calls police
- Man robbed buying crack calls cops who arrest him
- Arkansas suspect leaves behind cell phone for police
- 17-year-old Hong Kong student wins Oxford PHD place: report
- Twins tip-off police about mother's drink-driving
- Back in Florence, Japanese girl atones for graffiti
- G8 marathon talks take toll on smile diplomacy
- Downright batty: British woman finds bat in her bra
- Berlin belatedly answers "Where's the Wall?" query
- Graft prosecutor gets life for torture death
- Brothel offers customers gas rebate
- Woman kills husband with folding couch
- 'Qaeda expert' climbs NYTimes tower
- Britain's PM compares himself to Bronte's Heathcliff
- Next US president will be a lefty, whatever his party
- Connecticut man survives when lunchbox stops bullets
- $55,000 found in St. Louis County Jail bathroom
- Missouri governor cancels ceremony after honorees a no-show
- Fifi more aggressive than Fang, says dog study
- Abandoned baby panda adopted by cat at Dutch zoo
- Police say that a trio of tiny car thieves were in a N.Y. demolition derby
- Rambo the elephant takes Danish toddler for a ride: report
- Man sues Tennessee church for $2.5 million over spiritual fall
- Next US president will be a lefty, whatever his party
- SMS service to help Austrian men remember anniversaries
- Long life of Indonesia's penis growing grandma ends: reports
- London restaurant blast at world's hottest curry title
- Dallas police find cocaine in car used by officers
- California politician says gas prizes could help fuel lottery
- Sex curse found at ancient Cyprus site: report
- Shark found in Australian pool
- Kansas town hopes pennies saved are records earned
- Great white shark reported at 'Jaws' filming site
- Man accused of lying about seeing sharks near Martha's Vineyard
- Erotic pole dancer perks up metro commute in Chile
- Russian town puts breasts on a pedestal
- Doctors pull screws, nails from metal-eating man
- New drug marketing code draws line at gift pens
- Stripper arrested for subway pole dances
- Man held over theft of rare Shakespeare folio
- Finland regains karaoke crown, keeps on singing
- Rasta smoker wins appeal against conviction in marijuana case in Italy
- Air traffic controller wanted... application available in braille
- Orlando dad gets gas by trading son's name in a local radio station contest
- Police say Maine burglar made his getaway from crime scene in a taxi
- Couples hope to bring home the bacon in marriage ritual
- Arizona woman pleads for the return of her stolen prosthetic limb
- Roller skating girls give chase in Louisiana's version of famed bull run
- Kansas town sets pair of world records with piles of pennies
- Indian groom skydives to wedding venue
- In White House race, truth hurts
- Leave banners at home, Olympic spectators told
- Women arrested in sex competition
- Ravers lose sight at laser show
- Police probe "hitmen" Web site adverts
- Man wins damages over gay driving test retake
- Hong Kong gets more rare Chinese sturgeons, says official
- Wisconsin woman accused of placing dead rat in food
- Michigan cities say hundreds of manhole covers have been stolen
- Big lottery jackpot warms southern Alberta insulation plant workers
- Flock of errant birds grounds army chief's flight out of Afghanistan
- Gay Italian labelled as disabled wins discrimination case against gov't
- Move to break hearse cartel sparks transport strike in Malta
- Australian boy's curiosity leads to wrecked bathroom
- Hundreds queue for special HK banknotes
- Marseille fans raise 1.5m euros for Drogba, only 26m to go
- Explorer bids to kayak to 'melting' North Pole
- Beagle lost for five years found 1,350 km away, reunited with NYC family
- NASA tells workers in Houston to go boldly (in cup) for science
- Mexican man detained at U.S. Embassy after showing fake CIA badge
- 'Lucky' koala survives being struck, dragged by car in Australia
- Makemake -- or Easter bunny -- enters book of space names
- Thieves stealing leaves
- Life bans reduced for shoplifting boxers
- "Lucky" the Koala lives after horror car hit
- Man spent $1,000 a week on beer?
- US to get a taste of "kimchi" Western
- Finnish cabinet ministers to start sporty life
- Air hostess picks up chocolate bar, wins space trip
- Firefighters threaten strike over weighty issue
- Homes can't use "smelly" water
- Islands row deflates Japanese condom sales drive in SKorea
- NY man in offensive costume must apologize, judge says
- The truth is up there - UFO sightings up in 2007, ufologists find
- First Nations initially overlooked in list of things that most define Canada
- Former-mayor's plea bargain deal ends Texas dognapping case
- Marseille fans' appeal for Drogba return hits 2m euros
- Burgeoning new sport combines boxing and chess in Germany
- Mexico captures submarine loaded with drugs
- Two-thirds of Egyptian men harass women?
- Italian party takes aim at carry-outs
- Man claims Subway baked knife into sandwich
- 85,000 SKoreans to compete for 'iron ricebowl' jobs
- Japanese lucky charms turn out to be radioactive: police
- Kentucky boy tries to keep speeders in check with toy radar gun
- Seattle sells five of its troubled public toilets on eBay
- Latvian lightning strike pulverises dining table
- Japanese dog-lover tries to snatch Corgi... twice
- Parachutist lands in band at Fort Riley ceremony
- British farmer creates Statue of Liberty-shaped maze from maize plants
- Afraid of laundry? You will be after reading this story of a snake
- Dutch muncipal workers fish family's holiday plans from the sewer
- Man who robbed McDonald's in 1994 is now promoting its Big Mac in contest
- Naked driver who led police on wild chase in Moncton pleads guilty to charges
- Court orders Vcr family to tear down elaborate tree house in tony neighbourhood
- Congressman still faces airport screening problem that began 5 years ago
- Yusuf Islam wins damages for "veiled women" slur
- Canadians bid to free 100-year-old lobster
- Make way Ronaldo, here come the robots
- Locked Vancouver Island loo leaves lollygagger languishing
- Thief sentenced in Vermont for stealing sculpture to sell as scrap
- Afraid of laundry? You will be after reading this story of a snake
- With this fake wife, I divorce thee
- Mass. turnpike driver gives toll attendant $100 in greeting card
- Half million dollars found in diapers in Mexico
- Texas cops say the same man was in two wrecks over four hours and one dead
- It's a treasure in the trash as $20K earrings found in New York City
- Connecticut city says it's time to get tough on the issue of gum control
- A woman being attacked by a kangaroo is saved by her pet dog
- Thousands of honeybees swarm motorists on New Jersey Turnpike
- Blessed are the boxers, altered by Michigan church members for wounded troops
- Inmate loses weight and manages to escape through jail's air vent
- Chavez seeks to end spat with Spanish king with a hug
- Gun advocacy group tours Idaho zoo while armed
- Huge N.B. lobster that sparked bidding war to be donated to marine centre
- Arrest made after bronze horse statue stolen from New Jersey racetrack
- Airliner emergency landing interrupts air show in Dayton, Ohio
- Apparent set of conjoined twin barn swallows found in Arkansas
- Ancient Australian tree takes life-saving drive
- It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas at World Santa Claus Congress
- Saved by a squawk: parrot alerts family to blaze
- Indiana pastor gets into motorcycle crash during church service
- Olympic organizers say human error meant email sent to 36,000 people instead of 80
- Rotting heron carcass over Vcr park staying put to protect colony - parks board
- Break-in suspects found asleep on stolen goods from Seattle-area store
- World's Santas meet in Denmark to argue, eat and chase records
- Manager and ref trade red cards
- Man blows up apartment spraying for bugs?
- WTO meeting: been there, done that, got the T-shirt
- Chavez may hug king, won't shut up
- Finns take karaoke marathon title to 18 days
- Cable theft brings trains to grinding halt in Poland
- Teacher lasts 20 hours on carnival ride, wins $1,000
- Rhode Island cops arrest man with 0.491 blood alcohol level
- New York state worker earning $100K lived in company paint shed, report says
- Kelowna woman says she believes she saw legendary Ogopogo in B.C. lake
- Climate protester tries to glue himself to British PM
- Not everyone can meet our nudist standards
- Media has 'bizarre fascination' with Obama: McCain camp
- Brown rejects option to buy Bush bomber jacket
- Indian MP admits debate too complicated
- 'Bugger Bognor': Boris wades into holiday debate
- Wind scatters California man's cash, Good Samaritans rush in
- Scratching pet rabbit saves couple from raging house fire in Australia
- Bubble burst? Off-Broadway show's suds stolen
- Officials find young tennis player wired for sound, receiving directions
- Merkel bracing for more presidential backrubs
- Underwear chicken dare puts man in hospital
- Superhero fans, Hollywood execs flock to Comic Con
- Don't ask Olympic tourists' age or wage or . . .
- 'Penguins' trigger air-sea rescue off Scotland: coastguard
- Thousands converge on Barcelona for European gay games
- Climate-change group says protester glues himself to British prime minister
- Brazilian boy loses tooth as he bites pit bull to fend off attack
- Montreal woman who made 10,000 crank calls to 911 is arrested again
- Dwarf comedy stunt shocks Swedish airport staff; police called to investigate
- Girl's name, Talula Does The Hula, won't do, New Zealand judge rules
- Mafia godfather's daughter ties knot in Corleone
- Peru wants jail for nude woman using flag as saddle
- Deputies in North Carolina intercept text message to capture suspect
- In Sweden, the Stanley Cup is used as baptismal font for baby's christening
- Unwitting gardener man tends marijuana plants
- Up, up and away on balloon rides over Central Park
- Boy breaks canine tooth biting vicious dog
- Jagger rolling back the years as hits pension age
- Mower rage: Police say man shot lawn mower that wouldn't start