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A 60-year-old man was struck by a slow-moving train as he walked home from work, and then a car slammed into the ambulance that was to take him to the hospital.
A man has agreed to remove a "Texas School Book Depository" sign from his home after residents and officials complained that it dishonored the memory of slain President John F. Kennedy.
There's now a playground for old dogs with a little less wiggle in their wag. Mature pooches uninterested in learning new tricks now have their own hangout, a gerontologic dog park, to socialize.
An animal rights group said on Wednesday it would go ahead with a controversial advertising campaign that likens the slaughter of animals to the murder of Jews under the Nazis despite threats of a legal challenge.
Diehard Dracula fans may be able to sate their thirst for jelly-and-blood puddings by May 2005 when a theme park dedicated to the infamous count is expected to open.
The Thanh Binh Animal Farming and Feed Co. Ltd., in southern Vietnam will insure up to 1 million chickens over the next two months for 3 cents each to help entice wary customers to buy poultry again.
The D'Onofrios keep their telephones out of the reach of 21-month-old Billy, but the boy's inquisitive nature is no longer considered a problem since he opened the battery compartment on the television remote and uncovered a purple battery worth $100,000.
The U.S. fast food firm Wendy's asked diners "Where's the beef?", and Nike commanded sports nuts to "Just do it." Now Donald Trump is seeking to trademark another pithy phrase: "You're fired!"
Call it the Vernal Equinox or the Spring Equinox. Call it the first day of spring. Call it Saturday. But don't call it The Night When You Can Balance an Egg on End.
A Florida warehouse employee noticed the can of orange juice didn't quite smell right but took a sip anyway. He called the cops when his tongue went numb.
Three American Kennel Club-registered purebred puppies worth a total of $3,400 were stolen in a break-in at the Animal Ark pet store: an $1,800 English bulldog, a $1,000 Yorkshire terrier and a $600 miniature dachshund.
This is not something you will find in the tourism brochures, but Las Vegas has long been a popular destination for dead-end criminals running from the law.
Secret recipes, cologne bottles and gigantic rodents called nutria have long been part of the mystique surrounding America's favorite palate-burner: Tabasco.
