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Ashley Richardson, a diva from the modeling world, is running for president. If this sounds strange, it may be worth noting that this campaign is being fought not in the United States but in Alphaville, a virtual community that exists within the role-playing game The Sims Online.
Giant pandas show little interest in sex behind bars, but China nevertheless is looking forward to a baby boom this year with 10 females already pregnant and 23 in heat.
A small New Zealand town reached for some of the glamor and danger of the Spanish bull-run city of Pamplona by running 2,000 woolly sheep through the middle of town.
The Timberwolves' otherwise uneventful 91-73 win over the Washington Wizards was livened up in the final minute, when a young woman emerged from the corner of the court, tried to block Gary Trent's shot, ran around for a little bit and then raced toward heart-throb Wally Szczerbiak.
Every doctor recognizes them: The man who discovers a bruise on his thigh and becomes convinced that it is leukemia. The woman who examines her breasts so frequently that she makes them tender, then decides that the soreness means she has cancer. The man who has suffered from heartburn all his life but after reading about esophageal cancer has no question that he has it.