Sheriff's deputies in central Florida found a suspected car thief playing the "Grand Theft Auto" video game, and they later charged him with just that.

Burger King is opening a restaurant in Miami Beach that will serve beer along with burgers and fries, the chain's first U.S. location with alcohol

Bubble Wrap cushioning, the iconic brand best known for protecting products and providing fun and stress release to millions of people each day, turns 50 Monday, on the day that also marks the 10th Annual Bubble Wrap Appreciation Day.

Police in Urbana say a thief who made off with hundreds of old X-rays from Carle Clinic probably wanted them for the value of their silver content.

Is it a bird? Is it a plane? Actually is a triangular craft moving at mind-boggling speed near the River Liffey in Dublin.

A prank at an American school that left a class photograph saying something rather ruder than intended has led to the suspension of three students.

Method actor Marc Schulze gave a staggeringly spirited performance of a Russian drunk, by drinking lots of vodka and actually getting drunk.

An Alaska man who hit a Taco Bell manager in the face with a double-decker taco has been sentenced to one day in jail and one year probation.

A Georgia woman is in jail after police say she forced her son to kill his pet hamster with a hammer as punishment for bad grades.

A brothel in a Nevada desert town has hired the state's first male prostitute, a muscular college dropout who abandoned a brief ...

Want to make a job application stand out? Try robbing your potential employer at gunpoint. A California woman is accused of robbing Premier Cash Advance in Greeley in December. In affidavits reported Friday by the Greeley Tribune, investigators say Christine...

Extreme sportsman Felix Baumgartner will try to break the sound barrier during an attempt to make the highest parachute jump.

An Indiana woman got a special 100th birthday gift.

It's a beer run -- back to jail

Taking a cabbie for a ride is costing a Memphis man 35 days in jail

Three men have been arrested for trying to smuggle cocaine from Latin America into the Netherlands - hidden in shipments of pineapples.

Egypt's top cleric has urged that Muslims in the country stop using the Islamic call to prayer as their mobile phone ringtone.

China's central government has set up a match-making website to help thousands of 'single and bitter' government workers find love.

An Ocala woman was arrested and charged with driving under the influence twice in three days. The Marion County Sheriff's Office reported that the 43-year-old woman was first arrested Saturday. She was booked into jail on a DUI charged and released later that day.

A spelling prank in a class photo for more than 600 seniors in the Houston area led to suspension of three students. Some students wore T-shirts spelling out "CLASS" as part of "Class of 2010" in a formal shot. But KHOU-TV reported in a later informal shot, students representing "C" and "L" moved from the front row, leaving behind an ...