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Did you know that Gandhi used to drink his own urine to purify his soul? So says the Internet. Do a Google search on urine and Gandhi, and up will pop something on urine therapy. Apparently, urine is a new-age cure-all and also an ancient one.
The first clue that something might be fishy about the story came shortly after I moved from Texas to Alabama. It was a fascinating tale, but I believed it because my friend's brother-in-law's coworker was there when it happened.
A series of brightly lit, rapidly moving objects filmed in the skies over Mexico could have been caused by a scientific phenomenon involving gases in the atmosphere, a scientist said.
A Louisiana state representative wants to make it illegal for people to wear low-slung pants that expose underwear — or more. But he's having trouble getting some of his colleagues to take him seriously.
Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi scolded rookie lawmakers for reading comic books and talking on their cell phones during legislative sessions.
A Catholic priest shot to death the mayor of a town in western Mexico after the pair got drunk and began punching each other during a religious festival.
Two smoking soldiers set off tons of ammunition that killed five people, caused $725 million in damage and sent debris showering across southern Ukraine.
A Southern California city known as "Little Saigon" because of its large Vietnamese population has become the first U.S. city to declare itself a "no Communist" zone.
China's largest beverage maker is going where no other Chinese firm has gone before — it has shipped the first retail batch of its own cola to the home of the carbonated soft drink, the United States.
Teenage street fighting entered the digital age in a Dallas suburb, where 33 people have been arrested for slugging it out in a massive melee arranged on the Internet and videotaped by participants.
Rumors of a $30,000 bounty for a photograph of Olive Osmond in her coffin have prompted increased security at Saturday's funeral for the Utah entertainment family's matriarch.
Using the Web's best-known auction site has been a trend among states and municipalities, and the Palmetto state is one of the latest to use cyberspace to sell its extra stuff.
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