Showing stories from 18 March 2010
Metro (United Kingdom) 18 Mar 18:21
A homeowner in Pittsburgh got an unpleasant surprise when a drunk reveller who had been at a Kay-Z gig broke into his house - and climbed into bed with him.
Yahoo! News 18 Mar 18:11
Reuters - European judges have ruled that a sex shop with movie cubicles does not qualify for a reduced rate of sales tax because it is not a cinema.
Yahoo! News 18 Mar 18:10
Reuters - At first sight it seems just another second-hand luxury car for sale but this Jaguar included some special extras in its day such as emergency convoy lights and a direct radio link to the British Prime Minister.Yahoo! News 18 Mar 18:09
Reuters - The people of Huddersfield are rising up again, but this time it's to celebrate the city's 19th century local weavers rather than smash modern technology.
Metro (United Kingdom) 18 Mar 15:24
Computer games addicts are now able to receive treatment for their addiction in the UK, but there are stranger addictions out there, from heavy metal to eating dirt.
WLS (USA) 18 Mar 15:21
Let the record reflect that the Tennessee state Senate has endorsed fish tanks and live birds in barber shops.
WLS (USA) 18 Mar 15:11
An American infertility clinic seeking business in Britain prompted fierce criticism by offering free eggs from a U.S. woman to one participant in a promotional seminar in London on Wednesday.
WLS (USA) 18 Mar 15:02
March Madness is here, and men across the country will spend this weekend doing nothing but watching basketball.
WLS (USA) 18 Mar 14:58
The world's next cheese champ will be crowned in Madison, with some 80 entries vying to become the chosen cheese.
BBC News (United Kingdom) 18 Mar 14:28
A scout group say they were turned away from the Harrods store after refusing to removes their neckerchiefs and woggles.
SFGate (USA) 18 Mar 14:28
An elderly Brooklyn couple say they're tired of hearing the phrase, "Police! Open up!" World War II veteran Walter Martin and his 82-year-old wife, Rose, say police have come looking for criminals at their house about 50 times in the past eight years. It's...

Metro (United Kingdom) 18 Mar 12:53
Youngsters watching children's TV channels in North Carolina got something rather unexpected on Tuesday morning - when two hours of the Playboy channel was broadcast instead by mistake.
Metro (United Kingdom) 18 Mar 12:25
Two bank robbery suspects - one dressed in a green leprechaun costume - were shot dead after a St. Patrick's Day chase and shootout with police in Tennessee.
BBC News (United Kingdom) 18 Mar 11:17
A Belgian sex shop owner attempting to cut the VAT bill for his film screenings under cultural exemptions is told by the European Court of Justice that solo viewings are excluded.
Metro (United Kingdom) 18 Mar 10:32
The man who was forced to flee naked onto a window ledge after a fire broke out in a transsexual brothel has said he hopes his family won't be able to recognise him from pictures of his bottom.
Metro (United Kingdom) 18 Mar 10:20
Court rules that horror-movie style zombies have the right to free speech after a group of protesters dressed as zombies were arrested by Minnesota police.
Metro (United Kingdom) 18 Mar 08:36
A Land Rover that survived mud-slides and extreme terrain on an epic journey from Australia to Britain has now been stolen from a driveway in Reading.
Boston.com (USA) 18 Mar 04:06
A 25-year-old man did not take his inability to get more beer well. Lafourche sheriff's spokeswoman Lesley Hill Peters said the man was accused of breaking furniture and throwing a beer bottle at a woman after she refused to give him car keys so he could buy more beer on Monday night. The Courier reported Wednesday that the man admitted ...
Boston.com (USA) 18 Mar 04:06
The attorney representing a jogger accused of yelling at police and citizens during his runs through Portsmouth, New Hampshire said an order barring his client from the city while he is free on bail is unconstitutional.
Boston.com (USA) 18 Mar 04:06
Police said a man broke into a Pittsburgh home and climbed into bed with its owner, apparently because he was drunk and cold following a rap concert. Homeowner Frank Fontana says he was in bed when the man climbed in about 5:30 Wednesday morning. Fontana says he asked whether it was a woman who has keys to his home -- ...

