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An animal rights group's plan to free 10,000 minks from a farm turned deadly after many of the emancipated mustelids became cannibals while others went on a carnivorous feeding frenzy.
Brownwood Regional Medical Center officials do not believe a man was bitten by a rattlesnake at Wal-Mart as he claimed and say the man stole more than $15,000 in medical services from the hospital.
A peace activist attempted to pay a court fine with a check chiseled on a small tombstone, as a protest at the number of civilians killed in the recent war in Iraq.
A radio contest challenging listeners to have sex in public places for a free trip to Boston's Sam Adams Brewery has won the broadcasters a $357,500 fine.
British police condemned plans for a live television broadcast of a magician playing Russian roulette, saying the stunt would glamorize guns and could lead to deadly copycats.
Increasingly, the Pentagon is joining forces with the video games industry to train and recruit soldiers. The Army considers such simulators vital for recruits who've been weaned on shoot 'em up games.
A suburban Philadelphia hospital apologized to employees for complying with a man's demand that no black staff members assist in the delivery of his child.
The annual awards, handed out by the Annals of Improbable Research, a science and humor magazine, are given to real academics and others whose work might tickle people's funny bones.
