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Competitive eaters will sink their teeth into America's unwanted fruitcakes in a contest that blurs the line between public service and public spectacle.
A two-year-old girl survived on a diet of butter, mayonnaise and water for at least several days in her west Phoenix home as her father lay dead on the couch nearby.
A 24-year-old man died in Mexico's southern Yucatan state after it was reported he allowed himself to be used as a human pinata, decorated clay jars children in Mexico traditionally break open with sticks for the sweets hidden inside.
An Iranian man faces a possible lengthy prison term or even the death penalty for attaching a sticker to the rear window of his car proclaiming "The era of arrogant rulers is over".
Latvian police said a drunk picked up with around twice the blood-alcohol level considered deadly had probably set a world record but would wake with a hangover to match.
Queenslander Marcus Cain missed the Australian Open cut by seven strokes after his caddie dropped the player's bag midway through the round and walked off.
You know Dasher and Dancer, Prancer and Vixen . . . but how about an open subway car that pulls Santa Claus and his sleigh through grimy, dark tunnels at 50 mph?
The deer population in a Minnsesota park has exhausted its natural food supply and exploded out of control. What to do when the community darling is also a public nuisance?
There was nothing for the older folk of Appalachia to smile about in the government's latest study of toothlessness among the elderly, which found the poverty-stricken region leading the nation in tooth-loss.
Turkeys face a tough time at Christmas, and that's well before they get to the dinner table, the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (RSPCA) says.
U.S. hospitals are buying expensive new equipment such as reinforced toilets and oversized beds to treat the growing number of severely obese patients.
A Mexican teacher has offered to sell one of his kidneys for $55,000 in a desperate bid to raise money to build three classrooms in his elementary school.
