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  • Pythons are part of the family

    2010-10-22 07:27

    A lot of fathers would prefer their 2-year-old daughters not to ride a giant Burmese python down the street like a pony - but not Jamal Amwasi of Ramallah.

  • World's longest cat measures 4 feet

    2010-10-21 06:38

    The world's longest cat measures more than 4 feet, stealing the record from another Maine Coone.

  • Australian retailers lose billions due to theft

    2010-10-19 14:47

    Australian retailers lost more than 10.31 billion AU dollars ($10.19 billion) to shoplifting and employee theft during the past four years, a survey found on Tuesday.

  • Goat that killed US hiker known as aggressive

    2010-10-19 11:15

    A mountain goat that fatally gored a hiker, then stood over the man and stared at people trying to help, had shown aggressive behavior in the past, Olympic National Park officials said Monday.

  • Octuplets' mom implanted with 12 embryos

    2010-10-19 09:56

    A fertility doctor implanted a dozen embryos in the pregnancy that gave Nadya Suleman octuplets, a state attorney said Monday, a number that another doctor said was unheard of and surpasses Suleman's assertion that only six embryos were implanted.

  • US man dies after hit in head with golf ball

    2010-10-18 11:36

    Authorities say a man who was hit in the head with a golf ball at a Southern California country club has died.

  • $37m sexual harassment suit settled in Australia

    2010-10-18 10:52

    A sexual harassment lawsuit that shocked Australia's business community with its size has been settled out of court for a fraction of the original claim of Australian dollars 37 million ($36.6 million).

  • Obama's related to Palin

    2010-10-14 09:33

    President Barack Obama has family ties to none other than Sarah Palin, according to the genealogists at Ancestry.com, a discovery the family history site made when looking for connections between political foes.

  • Russian students create erotic calendar for Putin

    2010-10-09 16:39

    Vladimir Putin received an unusual birthday gift Thursday from 12 female journalism students, who posed in lacy underwear and used sexual innuendo to create a calendar dedicated to Russia's macho prime minister.

  • Monkey bites baby to death in Malaysia

    2010-10-06 18:09

    A four-day old baby girl was "abducted" by a monkey that later bit the innocent to death here in the state of Negeri Sembilan in the southern part of west coast of Peninsula Malaysia.

  • Indonesian lawmaker proposes virginity tests

    2010-09-29 16:53

    An Indonesian legislator wants girls in his province to pass virginity tests before being admitted into state-funded high schools -- a widely ridiculed proposal with little chance of passing.

  • Months after $1m lottery win, US man wins $2m

    2010-09-29 13:55

    The odds against winning $1 million in the Lottery: Astronomical. How about doing it twice?

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