Dozens of students from a Rhode Island high school who skipped classes for a free breakfast at Denny's got grand slammed with suspensions

The dogs in New Orleans' Carnival pet parade included a pooch that hitched a ride 1,200 miles from Taos, New Mexico, to the city where his 26-year-old master had hitchhiked weeks earlier. Stephan Soleas came to New Orleans for a few weeks of visits and music....

A marriage got off to a rocky start after the 21-year-old groom from northern Idaho was arrested twice on his wedding night and charged with assaulting his new wife in nearby eastern Washington.

Shakhtar Donetsk footballers are barred from Mohamed Al Fayed's Harrods store - days before playing his Fulham team.

The National Trust confirms it may launch a campaign to buy the threatened Abbey Road Studios.

Funeral workers in Colombia got a bit of a surprise when a supposedly dead woman they were preparing for burial started breathing and moving.

Reuters - A photographer caused a delay during a crucial moment of the women's luge competition on Tuesday when he accidentally knelt on a switch that sent water spurting on to the track.

Reuters - Czech medical staff are being disciplined after a foot-long surgical instrument was found in the abdomen of a woman who was operated on five months ago.

Reuters - For tech-savvy singles who are unlucky in love, shy or just looking for a new way to meet people, Flitter could be the answer.

Australian weatherman Steve Jacobs has become a YouTube phenomenon after being attacked by a pelican while his colleagues were filming.

He didn't have an invitation, or even ring the bell. But the beast that barreled through Sally Joyner's front door definitely left a mark.

A German snowboarder stranded in the Austrian Alps for six hours is rescued after attracting attention by setting fire to his cash.

A mini armoured car, designed for use in confined spaces in the wake of the Mumbai attacks of November 2008, goes on display at an Indian arms fair.

Former deputy PM John Prescott says his appearance on Gavin and Stacey did more for his profile than 40 years in politics.

Lots of people have a pet hamster, but one woman has a pet rodent that weighs a hundred pounds - and he has over 3,000 followers on Twitter.

Authorities are crediting snowy footprints in the arrests of three drunken teenagers suspected of stealing a backhoe in southwestern Illinois.

Jimmy Grey says he's been out of work for almost a year and needed a project to stay busy.

Live television can be a risky business. In Sydney, Australia, weatherman Steve Jacobs was reporting from a zoo when a pelican, who must not have liked the forecast, responded with a rear attack.

Russian police say they have arrested a prankster who hacked a video billboard to show a pornographic movie, bringing traffic to a standstill on a busy Moscow road.

A deaf South African cleaner was forced to flee begging relatives after a newspaper reported he had scooped a record jackpot - and it turned out that he wasn't even the real winner.