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  • Gophers notch a win in man-rodent battle

    2008-03-25 16:24

    A war on gophers waged by two Canadian men went awry this weekend when a device used to blast the rodents in their holes sparked a massive grass fire in a rural area near Calgary.

  • Tallest man struggles to fit in

    2008-03-25 15:10

    Leonid Stadnik's phenomenal height has forced him to quit a job he loved, to stoop as he moves around his house and to spend most of his time in his tiny home village because he cannot fit in a car or bus.

  • 1986 message in bottle drifts 1,735 mi.

    2008-03-24 10:04

    Merle Brandell and his black lab Slapsey were beachcombing along the Bering Sea when he spied a plastic bottle among the Japanese glass floats he often finds along the shore of his tiny Alaskan fishing village.

  • Hawaii hospital turns away horse visitor

    2008-03-24 10:03

    A man hoping to cheer up an ailing relative at Wilcox Memorial Hospital hadn't considered one of the visitation rules: No horses allowed.

  • Flakey sale nets Virginia sisters $1,350

    2008-03-23 15:54

    Two sisters from Virginia sold their Illinois-shaped corn flake on eBay Friday night for $1,350.[Agencies]

  • ATM gives double-money windfall

    2008-03-23 09:28

    A British cash machine became a big hit this week after it started paying out twice as much money as it should.

  • LA man gets long-stolen Mustang back

    2008-03-22 10:30

    A Los Angeles man is getting his stolen Mustang back -- 38 years after it was stolen. The vehicle has an extra 300,000 miles and a different paint job, but Eugene Brakke's 1965 Mustang is evidently running just fine.

  • ATM gives shoppers double-money windfall

    2008-03-21 09:06

    A British cash machine became a big hit this week after it started paying out twice as much money as it should.

  • Ray jumps, kills boater off Florida Keys

    2008-03-21 09:09

    A ray leaped onto a boat off the Florida Keys on Thursday and knocked a woman to the deck, killing her, wildlife investigators said.

  • Man says his life on sale

    2008-03-19 14:53

    A man offered his home, car, job and friends on line Tuesday after splitting from his wife in an effort to "start over."

  • Swan, swan-shaped boat to part ways

    2008-03-19 07:48

    Petra, a female black swan abandoned her ex-partner – a swan-shaped boat and went to a new mate – a live swan this winter. The zoo director said the pair are building a nest together.

  • Birthday girl gets stepdad as present

    2008-03-18 07:32

    A seven-year-old girl pulled pink wrapping paper off a refrigerator box and gleefully discovered a stepfather inside as her birthday present.

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