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6th January
Last updated 3 hours, 58 minutes ago
AP - An man is accused of offering an undercover officer $5 and 90 pills of the painkiller Oxycotin to kill a woman.
AP - A cat's caterwauling during a pre-dawn house fire may have saved the lives of five family members, a firefighter said.
AP - Word that a man was caught driving in the buff through town has Mayor Marion Presley hustling to get the real skinny out about the Illinois community: West Frankfort is not a nudist colony.
On eBay on Jan. 3, a would-be seller posted a wheat-colored envelope, fastened with a red wax seal, said to contain remains of the Apostle Bartholomew. Another posting showed a beveled glass reliquary inset with pieces of five saints' earthly matter.
FORT WORTH, Texas -- A Texas couple filed a lawsuit Tuesday afternoon alleging negligence and gross negligence against Huguley Memorial Medical Center of Fort Worth following a July incident where hospital staff sent their newborn's corpse to the cleaners with the dirty laundry.
A goth who leads his girlfriend around with a dog lead complains after being thrown off a bus.
Reuters - A bus company has apologised to a girl who is led around on a leash by her boyfriend and describes herself as a human pet after one of its drivers threw her off a bus.
A Scarlet Macaw is seen at Bird Park in Foz do Iguacu September 19, 2007. Border guards in Belarus said on Wednesday they had foiled an attempt to smuggle 277 parrots into the ex-Soviet state -- aboard a bicycle. (Paulo Whitaker/Reuters)Reuters - Border guards in Belarus said on Wednesday they had foiled an attempt to smuggle 277 parrots into the ex-Soviet state -- aboard a bicycle.
Police arrested a man Monday after several female motorists reported him driving nude.
A man rescued his colleague from the jaws of a crocodile in northern Australia but accidentally shot the unlucky co-worker in the process, police said Wednesday.
A man rescued his colleague from the jaws of a crocodile in northern Australia but accidentally shot the unlucky co-worker in the process, police said Wednesday.
Some kitty math: How many lives did little tabby Gracie Mae use up when she crawled into her owner's suitcase, went through an airport X-ray machine, got loaded onto a plane, thrown onto a baggage belt and mistakenly picked up by a stranger far from home?
A man rescued his colleague from the jaws of a crocodile but accidentally shot the man
Some kitty math: How many lives did little tabby Gracie Mae use up when she crawled into her owner's suitcase, went through ...
Reuters - Border guards in Belarus said on Wednesday they had foiled an attempt to smuggle 277 parrots into the ex-Soviet state -- aboard a bicycle.
A dog at the centre of a cruelty case after it reached 11 stone sheds half its body weight.
AP - A man rescued his colleague from the jaws of a crocodile in northern Australia but accidentally shot the unlucky co-worker in the process, police said Wednesday.
TORONTO - A group of teenage car thieves took a joy ride to a court-ordered counselling program ai...
LONDON - For new immigrants to Britain, adapting to the country isnt just about learning the langu...
PALM BEACH GARDENS, Fla. - The last time cat-owner Kelly Levy saw her tiger-striped feline was befo...


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