Seven descendants of the dog that killed Diane Whipple are being offered for sale by a Southern California woman who is asking $1,200 each — a prime example of greed over good sense
A pair of money-grubbing yuppies have put up Internet bids for the privilege of naming their unborn son — I wonder what sort of rights a corporation could hold over the child
People who dress up as hobbits have become the latest victims of a police crackdown on unconventional lifestyles in the Central Asian state of Kazakhstan
The co-ordinator of Dona Ana County’s drunken-driving prevention program has been arrested on a charge of driving while intoxicated at a DWI awareness picnic
The pyramidiots are a group of enthusiasts who think the ancient Egyptians may have used huge kites to lift the giant stones to build the Pyramids. Recently they lifted a 3,000 kilogram obelisk using a kite in 20mph winds in just 25 seconds
At least one intruder, apparently armed with a spear, went fishing in the Key West Aquarium, killing several exotic specimens and making off with a load of lobsters, snappers and trout
Australian tourism authorities may change laws to protect people too stupid to protect themselves
after sightseers clambered on a floating dead whale and patted great white sharks eating the carcass
The Washington Post has a go at explaining the widespread belief in New Age rubbish and other examples of science’s mything links
The days of the perfect peanut butter sandwich may be here.
Pre-sliced peanut butter is on its way to US store shelves in test markets, food researchers from Oklahoma State University said Monday.
The new form of peanut butter, which will come in individually wrapped plastic sheets, is the product of more than three years of intense research, and 500 different formulas
The armed Russian who posted the following ad on the Net advertising his services was deadly serious: Will help retire from life, possibly without patient’s consent
. Unfortunately for the would-be assassin, the only people interested in his offer were the police
In an unusual action against a deadbeat dad, the Wisconsin Supreme Court has upheld a probation order that bars a man convicted of failure to pay child support from having more children unless he shows that he can support all his offspring
More than 70 garden gnomes were found on the steps of a cathedral in north-eastern France after an undercover operation by the shadowy Garden Gnome Liberation Front
Possums — New Zealand’s public enemy number one — have gone to the dogs. The furry marsupial, introduced from Australia in 1837, has been turned into coats, hats, golf gloves, bikinis, nipple warmers and has even been hanging tail on menus of some restaurants in New Zealand and Asia. But now the noxious pest is being turned into dog food — I’ll have to have my uncle bring some over for the dogs for xmas
A retired British woman has decided to sail round the world permanently on a luxury cruise ship because it costs no more than staying in an old people’s home, a newspaper reported on Sunday.
Beatrice Muller, 82, only pays 55 per cent of the official brochure price for making her home on the QE2 due to loyalty bonuses from five previous world cruises.
Muller chose to make the liner her full-time home after the death of her husband two years ago. She pays ?3,424 ($4,818) a month to reside in Cabin 4068.
The very basic, minimum cost of living in an old people’s home in London is about ?2,000, she told the Sunday Express
A Melbourne man has patented the wheel. Freelance patent lawyer John Keogh was issued with an Innovation Patent for a ‘circular transportation facilitation device’ within days of the new patent system being invoked in May
Graduates of a prestigious New York City high school were presented with diplomas this month that contained an embarrassing typographical error. Diplomas for the 700 members of the Stuyvesant High School class of 2001 boasted that the school specialises in science and mathemetics
Watch what you say around the dead in North Carolina, and don’t go hauling them around in a ute either
A Shetland pony on a UK farm has surprised its owners by giving birth to a half-zebra foal. The owners of the pony, called Tilly, had no idea she was pregnant when they bought her from a wildlife park, where she had been kept in a field with a male zebra
A guard at a Turkish state bank robbed his own cashiers and distributed $25,000 to passers-by in what police said was a response to the planned closure of the bank
A Japanese fighter jet conducting training on the northern island of Hokkaido mistakenly strafed a car park, smashing the rear window of a passenger car and penetrating the roof of a garage
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