Couple Ties the Knot in Maine Dump
(Associated Press )
Dave Hart and Rockie Graham exchanged vows, pledging their hearts and souls to each other underneath next to a cardboard recycling container.
Three Friends Spend Night in Tree After Raft Deflates in Swamp
(Associated Press )
Authorities rescued three friends who spent a night in a tree after their raft deflated in a swamp and they were unable to wade through water to dry land.
Brazilian Women Vainest in World
(Reuters )
Brazilian women care more about their appearance than any other women in the world, with half prepared to undergo plastic surgery to keep their looks, a recent study shows.
Police Did Their Best for Man Wearing Bomb
(CNN )
An FBI agent says there was little that police in Erie, Pennsylvania, could have done to save a man who said he was forced to rob a bank by someone who strapped explosives to his body.
Mummy Thought to Be Nefertiti May Be a Man
(Reuters )
The mummy a British Egyptologist says could be the ancient Egyptian Queen Nefertiti, renowned for her beauty, is much more likely to be a man, Egypt's antiquities chief Zahi Hawass said.
During the Doctors' Strike in the 1970s, Death Rates Fell
(The Independent )
In Britain during the last doctors' strike in the 1970s doom mongers predicted that bodies would pile up in the street, but death rates actually fell.
Al-Jazeera Launches English Web Site After Hacker Attacks
(Associated Press )
The Arab satellite station Al-Jazeera has launched an English-language Web site, five months after hackers brought down a temporary site at the height of the Iraq war.
Experimental Tourism Catches On
(Reuters )
Sick of sightseeing? Tired of tour guides? Then why not try experimental tourism, a novel approach to travel that starts with a quirky concept and can lead anywhere from Bora Bora to a bus stop.
Magician David Blaine Drenches Press in Blood
(Reuters )
American illusionist David Blaine has shocked a group of journalists by appearing to cut off part of his ear at a news conference to promote a forthcoming stunt.
Alien Busted for DUI
(Weekly World News )
When a UFO crashed on a Nevada road in the dead of night, a hard-nosed highway patrolman determined that the alien pilot was intoxicated — and slapped the E.T. under arrest for DUI!
Man Charged With Stealing Tracking Device
(Associated Press )
A 40-year-old man was arrested and charged with stealing a computerized tracking device that uses a global positioning system to keep track of jail prisoners on home detention. To track down this alleged thief, all police had to do was flick on a computer.
The Green Toyota That Can Park Itself
(Reuters )
A car that can park itself without the driver having to touch the steering wheel, said by maker Toyota to be a world first, has gone on sale.
Tiger Cubs Flown to Africa to Learn to Hunt
(Reuters )
Two Chinese tiger cubs have set off on a 7,000-mile journey to South Africa, where animal experts will teach them how to hunt.
Capitol Dome May Be Home to Hookers
(FOXNews )
It is very possible, and some believe likely, that in the Dome painting depicting the father of our country, George Washington is surrounded by Washington D.C. hookers of the 1860s.
Florida Keys One of the Few Places You Can Still Buy an Island
(Associated Press )
There are dozens of privately owned islands in the Keys, one of the few places in the continental United States where you can still buy your own island.
Indignant Activists Demand Names Go on Police List (The Guardian )
A "watch list" drawn up by Mexican security forces of 80 anti-globalisation activists who are believed to be headed for Cancun for the World Trade Organisation gathering next month has provoked an angry response — from those whose names are missing.
Japan Store Offers 1 Million Yen 'Bargains' (Reuters )
Hundred yen shops are all the rage in deflation-hit Japan, but an upscale department store fought back with a different sort of campaign, offering an array of luxury goods tagged at a million yen ($8,570) each.
If It's Trivial, Magazine Is in Pursuit (Los Angeles Times )
Co-founders Will Pearson and Mangesh Hattikudur are doing everything they can to make mental_floss magazine, and its humorous way of dispensing pop-culture factoids, a familiar name.
Two Dead in Europe from Black Widow Attacks (Bristol Evening Post )
The deadliest species of the black widow spider is thought to have found its way into some of Europe's coastal resorts after a spate of attacks that left two people dead and a further 11 in hospital.
