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An unidentified man who stood to win $250,000 for placing 20 correct trifecta bets on a Melbourne Cup Handicap horse race in Australia — six $1 wagers in a box — instead won $2.6 million.
The movie "Lost in Translation" has generated plenty of head scratching and naval gazing surrounding Japanese culture, but considerable speculation on the Internet centers on one scene: "What was that guy shooting at Bill Murray and his friends when they ran out of that bar?" Internet theories include a laser machine gun, glow-in-the-dark bullets and a BB gun.
One number gets little attention, but it should not be ignored in contemplating Lower Manhattan's future. It is 10048. That was the trade center's ZIP code. When the towers came down, 10048 fell into a state of suspended animation — seemingly dead, but not really.
Dezerrie Cortes, 40, is awaiting sentencing after pleading guilty to perjury, lying about her marital status when she applied for licenses to marry 27 men.
The linguist and cultural critic John McWhorter cites excerpts in his new book, "Doing Our Own Thing: The Degradation of Language and Music and Why We Should, Like, Care" which provide a vivid illustration of just how much the language of public discourse has deteriorated.
A performance artist got a taste of modern art when he sank into a bath of baked beans with french fries up his nose and sausages wrapped round his head.
Knocking the stuffing out of each other may also set a record if Oregon State University students are recognized for what they hope was the largest pillow fight in history.
Just figuring out how the thieves were able to make off with a painting as long as a sport utility vehicle has been tough enough, but police are finding clues even harder to come by.
A University of Wyoming graduate student says the first airline stewardesses — many of whom were trained at a school in Cheyenne — faced a variety of adventures and responsibilities unheard of by modern flight attendants.
Shiny hair. Upright humps. Sharp outfits. And definitely no swimsuit competition. If you're in the market for a beautiful camel, those are apparently the things you might want to consider.
