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The idea that cell phones can set off fires at gasoline stations is not likely. In rare circumstances, though, a static discharge can create a spark that could ignite gasoline vapors.
A Canadian producer is poised to unveil Spanish versions of its Internet and cable television news show, in which anchors deliver the day's top stories in the buff.
Smokers on Sydney's Manly beach, one of Australia's most famous and picturesque stretches of sand, have had sand kicked in their face by local councilors who have banned lighting up.
Chamblee High School administrators are trying to determine who swapped a pornographic videotape for the school announcements tape, sending the images out to several classrooms.
Guards at the St. Joseph County Jail are doing double duty as fashion police, enforcing new regulations that prohibit visitors from wearing scanty attire.
A New Mexico man made a hasty exit from a zoo after climbing close to a cage to illegally pet a jaguar, but police were able to track him down by the severed finger he left behind.
Eldon Enger is all ears when he's looking for frogs. The retired biology professor is a volunteer frog counter for the Michigan Department of Natural Resources.
Joergen Nash, the provocative artist who claimed responsibility for cutting the head off Copenhagen's statue of the Little Mermaid in 1963, has died at age 84.
A nurse found a 320-year-old cello made by master craftsman Antonio Stradivari lying by a trash bin — and almost had her boyfriend convert it into a CD holder.
Six Vietnamese shoplifters beat security systems in stores by wrapping items in foil to evade electronic sensors, but they were caught the old-fashioned way by police who followed them.
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