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An Oklahoma state judge frequently masturbated and used a device for enhancing erections while his court was in session, charges a petition by the state's attorney general seeking his removal.
Four hundred years ago today, a little known aristocrat died who may just have written plays like "Hamlet" and "Romeo and Juliet." His name: Edward De Vere, better known by his nom de plume of Shakespeare.
An Indian steel tycoon reportedly paid $60 million for his daughter's wedding — a six-day bash for 1,500 guests in France's most sumptuous settings, including Versailles.
A Canadian man, driving a car packed with weapons and ammunition, was intent on killing as many people as possible in a Toronto neighbourhood but gave up the plan at the last minute when he encountered a friendly dog.
Israeli-made bullets bought by the U.S. Army to plug a shortfall should be used for training only, not to fight Muslim guerrillas in Iraq and Afghanistan, U.S. lawmakers have told Army generals.
Pigeons fluttering through a hole in the ceiling of a Spanish cathedral led an art restoration team to discover a hidden Renaissance fresco of winged angels that had been covered by a false ceiling for more than 300 years.
A teen-ager who sent an obscene text message to 15,000 cell-phone users has become the first computer whiz kid in Russia to be convicted of sending "spam."
A worker at a sporting goods store tried to kill a spider by burning it and ignited a fire that caused the evacuation of the mall where the store is located.
A police officer stops you on the street, then taps something into a device in the palm of his hand. The next minute, he knows who your relatives are, who lives in your house, who your neighbors are, the kind of car you drive or boat you own, whether you've been sued and various other tidbits about your life.
Filipinos know all about the breathtaking shoe and jewelry collections Imelda Marcos amassed during two decades as first lady, but a Manila court is making them wait to watch a film she says makes a joke of her life.
Sands Casino Hotel workers used five live dogs to re-create artist C.M. Coolidge's famously lowbrow painting of dogs playing poker in a publicity stunt to drum up interest for a new table games pit.
Looking for a slender, single, non-smoking, white female who believes in angels, God and capitalism — and who struggles with only three of the seven deadly sins? You just might be able to find her some day soon on a new dating service from popular multi-faith Web site Beliefnet.
While flicking through Random House's freshly minted memoirs of Bill Clinton, we note the famous urban legend of the two Hillarys is given a new lease on life.
Most urban legends carry a patina of time. But they have to start somewhere, and the one we inadvertantly promulgated by printing a letter to the editor is a very recent entry into the fold.
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