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You have to admire someone who persuades strangers to bail her out of shopping debt. That's the story of Karyn Bosnak, who moved to Manhattan in her late 20s, shopped herself $20,000 into the hole, then posted her story online and asked for donations.
The last time Virginia (Ginny) Moore saw her first husband, in 1944, he was headed overseas to fight in the Second World War, wearing a silver identification bracelet she gave him.
Some 75,000 tourists are expected to flock to Finland's northern province of Lapland this December to visit the home of Santa Claus as well as enjoy the region's frosty landscape.
Six German women in their mid-30s who promise to add sparkle to even the dullest party have sold themselves in an Internet auction for just over 25,000 euros (28,600 dollars).
The oldest woman in Albania — and perhaps the world — died at the age of 123 and was buried beside the husband she resented being forced to marry at 14.
A political Web site, www.PoliticsNH.com, said it has begun accepting personal ads for 57-year-old candidate Dennis Kucinich, who pleaded for an outspoken, dynamic mate during a forum on women's issues with other Democratic presidential contenders in New Hampshire.
German smokers fed up with the eye-catching health warnings now required on cigarette packets sold in the European Union have begun covering them with their own messages rich in gallows humor.
The creators of the video game series "Grand Theft Auto" want a federal judge to dismiss a $246 million lawsuit filed by the families of two people shot by teenagers.
The mother of a 5-year-old boy who says he was pricked by a hypodermic needle left inside a shoe at Wal-Mart wants the world's largest discount retailer to pay for his HIV and hepatitis tests.
