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A dead golden retriever named Gregg mysteriously ended up on the federal Liberal party membership list, entitling the pooch to a Christmas card from Prime Minister Paul Martin and invitations to party functions.
When mourners showed up in north Alabama for Finley Christopher Farley's funeral, they were told that the dearly departed had not departed. He was just being detained in a New Orleans jail cell.
A Spongebob Squarepants balloon with a holiday wish attached traveled hundreds of miles from Central Mexico to southeast Texas, where a landowner found it in some bushes.
Some junior high students claim they were injured and targeted for a racially motivated prank when they ate wood glue that had been "camouflaged" as mayonnaise by other students at a school cafeteria.
The same family of chemicals that produces a buzz in marijuana smokers may be responsible for "runner's high," the euphoric feeling that some people get when they exercise, U.S. researchers say.
A judge ordered a woman to carry a photo of the man she killed in a head-on collision, and the man's parents complied by sending a picture of him in his casket. Now, her lawyer is crying foul and the family is refusing to provide another picture.
A basement fire at Rita Hrivnak's house was quickly contained. The concern now is whether she should continue to live with the hundreds of animals found in the house.
It has long been said that a dog is a man's best friend, but a Dutch dog trainer is taking the relationship one step further — offering "doggy dancing" lessons to people wanting a canine dancing partner.
Muschi, a small cat that formed an unlikely friendship with a half-ton bear called "mouse" in Berlin Zoo, has been reunited with her companion after pining outside the bear's cage for months.
Identity thieves using real names and credit card numbers they got off the Internet created hundreds of phony cards and fraudulent lines of credit with stores to steal thousands of dollars in merchandise.
