Feb 16 - By Associated Press
The family of a Russian billionaire has bought a New York City penthouse apartment for $88 million.
Feb 16 - By Associated Press
Officials at a northern Ohio vocational school say a steer attacked a veteran instructor during a meat processing class, and students reacted quickly by closing a gate to block the animal and calling 911.
Feb 16 - By Associated Press
What to do when burglaries get out of hand?
Feb 15 - By Associated Press
An unusual school zone speed limit sign in suburban Detroit has drawn the attention of an irked driver.
Feb 15 - By Associated Press
Firefighters in Pennsylvania have managed to save 200 pounds of Polish sausage from what they're calling the best-smelling fire they've doused in years.
Feb 15 - By David Rising, Associated Press
Forget the three little pigs hiding from the big bad wolf. These six little pigs have found a new friend in a maternal French bulldog named Baby.
Feb 15 - By John Heilprin, Associated Press
The tidy Swiss want to clean up space.
Feb 15 - By Danica Kirka, Associated Press
It was a different kind of Olympic marathon.
Feb 15 - By Associated Press
Police say one of the first clues the Nike shoes might be fake was the logo of Michael Jordan. The former NBA star had too many fingers, an officer wrote in his report.
Feb 15 - By Associated Press
A Valentine's Day gift is being blamed for a power outage in Southern California.
Feb 14 - By Meghan Barr, Associated Press
All across America, men gave their sweethearts flowers and chocolates for Valentine's Day. Michael Jennings gave his girlfriend something more memorable, if less fragrant: a tour of a Brooklyn sewage plant.
Feb 14 - By Associated Press
A 59-year-old fugitive is back behind bars after he ran out of gas in Wyoming and called the local sheriff's office for roadside assistance.
Feb 14 - By Jill Lawless, Associated Press
Thirty years ago, artist Jean-Michel Basquiat secretly signed one of his paintings in invisible ink, says Sotheby's auction house, which discovered the hidden autograph as it was preparing the painting for sale.
Feb 14 - By Associated Press
A western Pennsylvania man is jailed on drug charges because police say something other than a confession came out of his mouth when he was hit with a stun gun.
Feb 14 - By Associated Press
A suburban Denver couple is fighting fines after the husband was jailed for failure to get a license for his daughter's service dog.
Feb 14 - By Cristina Silva, Associated Press
In one room, a ghastly photo wall of bloody, uncensored images showcases the mob's greatest hits.
Feb 14 - By Tamara Lush, Associated Press
The air in the parking lot of Orlando's Citrus Bowl smells like fresh cut oranges, shrimp and barbecue. A crowd has gathered before the game around a guy in a black chef's coat. A camera crew orbits as he sets some shrimp and star melon kebabs on the grill with a flourish.
Source: The Grio
The infamous Westboro Baptist Church is planning on picketing at Whitney Houston's funeral. The extremist, anti-gay church says that Houston should have used her voice to spread the word of God and that they plan on making that fact known on the day of the singer's funeral.
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From a guy who threw a TV at his girlfriend after a threesome, to a man who shot a girl because of an AIDS joke, to a girl who stabbed a guy after sex because she thinks she's a werewolf, here are the weirdest, most insane things people in recent news have done after having sex w …
Source: The Huffington Post
UPDATE: James Labrecque has countered the original report and now reportedly claims "the buyer never found any money." There's nothing better than just serendipitously encountering a $20 bill. So imagine randomly coming across a sum worth more than 1,000 times that amount.
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Hudson, Florida -- Pasco County deputies arrested a man accused of trying to clean out the woods of homeless people by setting fire to it.
Source: The Huffington Post
Early Monday morning was very disturbing to many upstate South Carolina residents who witnessed an unidentified object streaking through the sky, exploding and apparently crashing, reports Open Minds TV.
If you knew with absolutely certainty that you were going to die within three months time due to a serious illness or disease, what would you put on the epitaph of your gravestone? Furthermore, how would you want to be described in your funeral eulogy by loved ones and in the obi …
Source: BBC News - Japan hit by massive earthquake
Thieves stole a woman's sports car and drove off with her five-year-old son in the back. The 24-year-old woman was driving through Waterlooville in Hampshire on Thursday afternoon when a BMW collided with her from behind. Two men got out the car and argued with the woman over …
Source: the Mail online
Facebook now offers 'suggested guests' to invite along for nights out and other events planned through the site.The uninvited guests pop up in a window saying 'Suggested Guests'. By Rob Waugh
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The Heart Attack Grill in downtown Las Vegas lived up to its name Saturday night, when a customer dining on a "triple bypass burger" suffered an apparent heart attack.
Source: the Mail online
Carlos 'Halfy' Rodriguez lost a large portion of his brain and skull after flying through his car's windscreen and landing on his head
Source: The Local - Germany's news in English
A wealthy do-gooder has given away at least €180,000 to good causes in Lower Saxony – delivering white envelopes with €10,000 to a range of people and groups whose stories have appeared in the local newspaper.
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An American diner had to be rushed to hospital after suffering a cardiac arrest while eating a 6,000 calorie 'burger to die for' at the Heart Attack Grill.
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A mystery person has been urinating in the holy water at the Church of the Sacred Heart in Davos. The contamination came to Pastor Kurt Susak’s attention when one of his flock noticed there was something wrong with the water at the Valentine’s service on Tuesday, o …
Source: Examiner
When one person yawns, another person may respond by also yawning. This has been found to be especially contagious between people who have a caring relationship.
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Employees at Walmart called police at about 5:30 p.m. Wednesday, saying that there was a naked man walking around the store, authorities say.
Source: the Mail online
Most people would not see being woken in the middle of the night by a noisy dog as anything to be grateful for. But one Scottish punter believes he could owe over £5million to a barking dog. He won a record-breaking £5.1million after he was woken by the sound of a …
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U.S. Navy Building in California resembles a giant swastika when viewed from Google earth. Built in the 1960s, how did this get past the planning stage?