We've seen twin sinks and twin baths. Now the latest in domestic bliss is said to be... a twin toilet.

Most hospital visitors turn up with a bunch of grapes and some flowers. But one well-wisher thought it would be better to take the patient's favourite pet though, unfortunately, it was a horse.

A Zen Buddhist temple has enjoyed a surprising surge in visitors over the past few weeks but not all are going in search of spiritual enlightenment. Instead, they are flocking to see the amazing praying chihuahua.

AP - Maybe he heard a faint rattling around in his luggage, but he surely never assumed the sound came from a stowaway snake sealed in his bag.

AP - Police say they arrested a man on disorderly conduct charges after he allegedly stood on railroad tracks in Grand Forks and forced more than one train to stop.

AP - Blount County's newest police cruiser has been turning heads, but whether it could keep up in a high-speed chase seems unlikely.

AP - Police have charged a Plainfield man with larceny for allegedly stealing a copper gutter from a church during Easter services. Paul Bissonnette is accused of removing about 30 feet of the gutter as nearly 200 parishioners attended Easter Vigil service at All Hallows Church on Saturday night.

AP - A 5-year-old Atlantic City boy saved his grandmother from choking, using a trick he learned in school. The Press of Atlantic City reported that Shirldine Stewart, 56, was watching television and eating Jell-O when her grandson A'Zir Spence came downstairs to ask her a question.

Maybe he heard a faint rattling around in his luggage, but he surely never assumed the sound came from a stowaway snake sealed ...

AP - Mark Confer and Joanne Wainwright took the plunge. Literally. The two were married Saturday in a swimming pool. They didn't exactly jump in with both feet; instead, both came whooshing around and down the 136-foot water slide into the pool.

Reuters - 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, Alberta, causing more than C$200,000 ($197,000) in damages.

AP - Not only the postman rings twice. A Jackson County man remained in jail Monday after he drove two cars into the post office in Ravenden Springs.

Leonid Stadnik's phenomenal height has forced him to quit a job he loved and to stoop as he moves around his house. But Stadnik, who Guinness World Records says is the world's tallest human, says his condition has also taught him that there are many kindhearted strangers.

At a Zen Buddhist temple in southern Japan, even the dog prays

South Korea is introducing new signs for its hot spring spas to remove any confusion for those seeking other steamy liaisons

A bevy of officers chased a doughnut delivery van at speeds up to 100 mph before arresting the driver at gunpoint

Reuters - Thai rice farmers are guarding paddy fields and hurrying to bring in their crops after a granary theft last week fuelled rumors of bandits lured by surging rice prices, officials said on Monday.

How bad is the housing market? Bad enough that a cash-strapped builders' group is forced to sell its own home

Reuters - China has launched an Olympic-themed lottery with prizes of up to 5 million yuan ($709,000), local media reported.

Reuters - Russia's Mariinsky ballet has said farewell to one of its longest-serving artistes: a 21-year-old female donkey named Monika.