The Black Widow of eating contests has gobbled up nearly 181 chicken wings in 12 minutes, devouring the national championship record in Buffalo, N.Y.

The Black Widow of eating contests, Sonya Thomas, has gobbled up nearly 181 chicken wings in 12 minutes, devouring the national championship ...

Here at Metro, we have always tried to resist getting cheap laughs from odd-shaped vegetables. That was until we saw this Buzz Lightyear carrot.

A grieving businessman has spent £15,000 creating a life-size doll of his dead lover, a sex shop owner has claimed.

If you thought an old typewriter was just for producing letters on, think again - one artist is using ancient manual typrewriters to create astonishingly lifelike portraits of famous people.

A YouTube video of Lady Gaga's 'Bad Romance' being played in a 110-foot-high instrument called a carillon - in a bell tower at a university in Iowa - has become an online hit.

A British motoring enthusiast is hoping to break the world record for the fastest piece of furniture - with a motorised table that can achieve speeds over 100mph.

One Nevada gubernatorial hopeful sees a speedy fix to Nevada's budget crisis. Nonpartisan candidate "Gino" DiSimone believes people would pay for the privilege to drive up to 90 mph on designated highways -- and fill the state's depleted coffers.

Apparently a Madison thief isn't that familiar with iPhones.

An amateur gardener grows what he believes to be the largest potato in the world.

An Iowa State University music professor says the Lady Gaga club anthem "Bad Romance" translates better than you might think into the 110-foot-tall, organ-like instrument known as a carillon.

Connecticut State Police say a man fell out of his car onto Interstate 95 and watched his vehicle drive on for about two-tenths of a mile before it crashed into a pole. Troopers said they're not sure why 51-year-old Robert Craig of Killingworth fell out of his 2006 Dodge Charger late Tuesday morning in Darien near Exit 10. Police said ...

The owner of a Chicago dry cleaning shop says she is being taken to cleaners by ComEd.

Thousands of people watch Robbie Williams switch on Blackpool's illuminations.

Diane Buckalew said she felt sick when she woke up and realized two rings she'd left on the bathroom counter the night before were gone. She and husband Carl, married in Las Vegas a month ago, realized Thursday their cat Jinxe had batted into the toilet an amethyst ring and Diane's 4-carat, $40,000 diamond engagement ring.

A "D+" campaign logo aimed at encouraging recruitment at Drake University is getting a failing grade from some faculty, students and alumni.

General rule of thumb: when looking to buy marijuana, don't text the sheriff. Authorities said a Helena teen sent out a text message last week in search of pot, but instead of contacting the drug dealer, he hit a wrong number and inadvertently sent the message to Lewis and Clark County Sheriff Leo Dutton.

Police said an Erie-area woman somehow managed to zap both herself and her brother with a stun gun during a drunken dispute. Darlene Newara, 45, will have a hearing Oct. 18 on charges including driving under the influence, disorderly conduct for fighting, and public drunkenness in the Aug. 8 incident.

A southern Michigan man simply wanted to gather some sweet corn for the family freezer. He didn't expect to have to deal with a 34-inch alligator rushing at him. Jeff Adamski of St. Joseph County was in a corn field near the Michigan-Indiana border when two women came running from a few rows over, screaming that they had seen an ...

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