Reuters - An obscure Japanese company has created a stir by making the very unlikely claim that it spent about $190 billion (959 million pounds) to take controlling stakes in Sony and five other major companies.

Reuters - Not content to simply play hockey on frozen ponds or waltz along canals that have turned to ice, some Canadians prefer to amuse themselves with a more extreme form of outdoor skating.

Reuters - Australian Open finalist Jo-Wilfried Tsonga's resemblance to a young Muhammad Ali has caused quite a stir at the year's first grand slam.

Reuters - A hospital patient in Finland found a mouse head among the steamed vegetables on his plate.

Reuters - Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez switched from coffee to another stimulant during a speech on Saturday -- he popped a coca leaf into his mouth and chewed it while defending the use of the plant.

Experts say commissioning pieces from well-known artists is new for contemporary American malls.

Reuters - A choir that planned to sing a list of complaints about life in Singapore cancelled its performances after the city-state banned its foreign members from singing, organisers said on Saturday.

The world's youngest solo Atlantic sailor announces plans for a single-handed around-the-world trip.

PORT ST. LUCIE, A colony of 20,000 bats living below two interstate bridges in Port St. Lucie, Fla....

ATLANTA, A crowd of people began waiting Wednesday outside an Atlanta clothing store to buy the 23rd...

CANBERRA, Australian word experts at the Macquarie Dictionary Down Under are taking an online vote ...

NEW YORK, A man charged with two violent assaults in New York liked to act out bloody movies, polic...

CANTERBURY, A city council member in Canterbury, England, is urging French school trip visitors to ...

TOTNES, A Whitbread prize-winning author got slightly more than $225,500 in a settlement after she ...

LOCKPORT, A reputed hit man ordered a Chicago-area tattoo shop closed and its owner hurt because th...

NEW YORK, A cat that escaped on a New York subway platform and jumped on the tracks is missing and ...

CHULA VISTA, A California woman scavenging for reusable discards found three hand grenades in what h...

NORCO, A Southern California town known for its friendliness to animals has angered local residents...

BANSTEAD, A British farmer is fighting to keep the city from bulldozing his castle, officials said....

NEW YORK, Savannah, Ga., rescinded its invitation to New York firefighters for its St. Patricks Da...