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Outsiders may be surprised that baby-wipes are a best-selling item at the US army base in Tikrit, but soldiers say they are an indispensable part of combat gear and essential for dealing with a dose of the "Fedayeen funk."
Burger King's rollout of breadless Whoppers is a nod to the low-carb craze that's sweeping the nation — and the latest evidence that the burger wars are taking a turn for the healthy.
The pilot of an American Airlines jet was detained after making an obscene gesture when being photographed at the airport as part of a newly imposed entry requirement for U.S. citizens.
Nokia, besides being the world's biggest maker of mobile phones, also dispenses motherly advice on how to drive safely and be healthy, happy and less of a pain in the neck — if you read the small print.
Jerry Baker, a University of Georgia livestock specialist, has developed a scoring system that allows cattle owners to assess the temperaments of cattle so that they can breed calmer calves.
Takara Co Ltd says its Yumemi Kobo, or "dream workshop," gadget gives stressed out people a chance to go on a holiday or find their ideal partner — at least in their dreams.
A suspect in a series of bank robberies was done in by his own bad spelling. Robert C. Whitney's consistently confused the words "dye" and "die" in robbery notes given to bank tellers.
A stretch of Interstate 70 in Ohio was turned into a shallow sea of red sauce, dented cans and broken bottles when a tractor-trailer rig carrying Del Monte tomato products overturned.
An attempt to auction off the state of West Virginia drew 56 bids and nearly enough promised dollars to fill the state's projected budget hole before eBay learned of the joke.
The family of a man who died last week said that when they went to a funeral home to make arrangements for him, they found one mourner already in attendance — a faithful dog.
Herpetologist Chet Powell hopes to convince sponsors of one of Georgia's last two rattlesnake roundups that they can have a successful community fund-raiser without pulling snakes out of the wild.
A woman who was drunk when she killed a man in a head-on collision must carry a photograph of the teacher in his coffin as part of her five years of probation, a judge ruled.
A French archaeologist says his discovery of the first preserved lion skeleton in an ancient Egyptian tomb demonstrates the exalted reputation enjoyed by the King of Beasts more than 3,000 years ago.
Industry and government officials say lawsuits are but one symptom of a patent system gone haywire, especially in technical fields such as computers, software and biotechnology.
A 90-year-old New Zealand man grabbed a carving knife from his kitchen and chased away a masked intruder who had threatened his wife with a butter knife.
The former owner of a house that was declared uninhabitable by Burlington city officials could go to jail for 90 days when she is sentenced on charges of cruelty to her children.
The Fox television network and its new top executive, Gail Berman, are hoping to catch prime-time fire again, this time with the perfect anti-hunk show — "My Big Fat Obnoxious Fiance."
