About 150 women ran down Amsterdam's most famed fashion street in stiletto heels, racing for $15,000

About 150 women ran down Amsterdam's most famed fashion street in stiletto heels, racing for $15,000

Like a herd of antelope, jockeying and shoving for position, 150 young women raced down Amsterdam's most famed fashion street in stiletto heels Thursday, racing for a $15,000 prize.

All the world's a stage at some of Minnesota's bars.

It's depressing, it's not usually sung in Ireland for St. Patrick's Day, and its lyrics were written by an Englishman who never set foot on Irish soil.

Big George Helms had tickets for last weekend's NASCAR race at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway, but died before he got to use them. He still made it to the track, though. At 6-foot-5 and 400 pounds, Helms wouldn't have been able to fit into a race car.

Reuters - An Italian senator who used an ambulance to beat Rome traffic was given a six-month suspended jail sentence on Thursday and fined 200 euros (153 pounds) by a court.

AP - What the @$%#? This community on the edge of Los Angeles has become a cuss-free zone.

Reuters - A runaway Bosnian bank teller has been arrested after a tip-off by her husband and faces charges of stealing 1.1 million euros ($1.68 million) from bank depositors, police said on Thursday.

Reuters - President George W. Bush may have given presumptive Republican presidential nominee John McCain the royal treatment at the White House on Wednesday, but the two men did not exactly have a meal fit for a king.

Big George Helms had tickets for last weekend's NASCAR race at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway, but died before he got to use them. He still made it to the track, though.

It's depressing, it's not usually sung in Ireland for St. Patrick's Day, and its lyrics were written by an Englishman who never set foot on Irish soil.

Reuters - President George W. Bush may have given presumptive Republican presidential nominee John McCain the royal treatment at the White House on Wednesday, but the two men did not exactly have a meal fit for a king.

Sawdust swirled as Paul Jones worked his chainsaw magic in Howard Amon Park, converting a dying tree into a work of art.

Reuters - A runaway Bosnian bank teller has been arrested after a tip-off by her husband and faces charges of stealing 1.1 million euros (838,000 pounds) from bank depositors, police said on Thursday.

Reuters - To deliver the longest British budget speech of all time, William Gladstone imbibed a throat-soothing mixture of sherry and beaten egg to help him through a marathon that lasted four hours and 45 minutes.

Railway guards in Jakarta have started spray painting passengers who travel illegally on the roof of packed commuter trains.

AP - It's depressing, it's not usually sung in Ireland for St. Patrick's Day, and its lyrics were written by an Englishman who never set foot on Irish soil.

Woman jailed for the second time over membership of teapot-worshipping cult. Isn't that just called 'being English'?

What the @$%#? This community on the edge of Los Angeles has become a cuss-free zone.