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Two experienced campers got a nasty Australia Day surprise when a four-metre crocodile climbed a steep bank and took a mouthful of their tent while they were sleeping.
In Spain, it's a much venerated literary prize and showcase for the country's finest erotic writing. But judges of the Vertical Smile have concluded that authors who specialise in this lauded oeuvre have lost some of their oomph.
Houses are full of things that babies try to put in their mouths, causing wary parents to make sure things are out of reach. But few would fear that one of them would be a snake.
Nearly an hour and a half after rescuers declared an 88-year-old woman dead inside a burning car, investigators at the scene realized she was still breathing.
If you have Caller ID you'll now know when a telemarketer is trying to reach you. Federal Trade Commission regulations requiring telemarketing firms to identify themselves have gone into effect.
Although not an official university policy, the "15-minute rule" is a concept most USC students can understand. There is, however, more legend than fact to the idea that students can leave a class after 15 minutes if the professor has not shown up.
The remake of cult horror classic "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre," which tells the gruesome story of a mad serial killer, has infuriated Greek psychiatrists.
Spectre chasers from Club Zero in Stockport approached the Coliseum theatre in Oldham, Greater Manchester, after learning that it had been haunted for more than 50 years by an actor who had refused to honour the traditional superstitions surrounding the Scottish Play.
Bodybuilders in Vietnam are squawking about the absence of chicken in their diets after a bird flu outbreak hit supplies of the cheap source of protein.
During a cold stretch that had many Canadians scurrying indoors, a researcher known as "Professor Popsicle" has found humans can successfully spend days on end in the bitter cold.
Many North Koreans barely get enough to eat. But the capital of the totalitarian state is awash in good restaurants for those who can afford it, according to a guide compiled by three foreign aid workers.
Shark attacks around the world declined in 2003 for a third straight year, partly because swimmers and surfers grew more accustomed to thinking of the ocean as a wild and dangerous place, and possibly also because of a decline in the global shark population.
The mayor of an Athens suburb has sprayed black paint over road-side cameras as a protest against tight security measures being installed for the Olympic Games.
In one of its most in-depth campaigns targeting youth, No.1 U.S. breakfast cereal maker Kellogg Co has changed the shape of Apple Jacks cereal in a whodunit mystery.
For 27 years, funny page fans in more than 1,400 newspapers have read along as "Cathy," of the same-named strip, navigated her life as a single career woman. Will Valentine's Day put her in the married ranks?
The Danish government has asked for an investigation following a news report that an organized crime network is offering to do time in prison in the place of well-off convicts sentenced for minor offenses.
