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China's lofty talk of space tourism may take a while to materialize but, come 2007, Beijingers could be in orbit aboard the world's tallest Ferris wheel.
Dozens of Bible-wielding Mexican evangelical Christians prayed for the soul of Marilyn Manson in a protest against a planned concert by the shock rocker.
Chop about half an inch or so off your tongue and become a fluent English speaker. That is the hope that recently drove one mother to take her six-year-old son for surgery aimed at ridding him of his Korean accent when speaking the language of choice in global business.
Workers at a Kettle Foods potato chip plant were feeding potatoes into a machine that sorts out stones and other debris this week when a 3-pound military bomb popped out.
In a creaking bamboo hut deep in the Cambodian countryside a very, very old person — possibly the world's oldest — smokes a large, hand-rolled cigarette which he swears is the secret of his longevity.
Detective Fred Mock knew exactly where to find a man suspected of stealing $180 worth of pennies. David Headrick, 19, was caught dumping about 18,000 pennies into a coin-counting machine at a grocery store, Mock said.
Tall people earn considerably more money throughout their lives than their shorter co-workers, with each inch adding about $789 a year in pay, according to a study.
Effigy makers and banner painters have been in overdrive in the Philippines, casting U.S. PresidentGeorge W. Bush as a demon, a rampaging warmonger and a big bug for protests against his visit.
