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Bill Simmons downed 16 hot dogs in 12 minutes, besting 13 other contestants. His strategy? Eating the meat two dogs at a time, followed by buns dipped in his drinking water.
A man was charged with drunken driving for the 23rd time in 20 years after leading state troopers on chase through the southern Minneapolis metro area.
President Bush wants to return to the moon and put a man on Mars. But scientist Bradley C. Edwards has an idea that's really out of this world: an elevator that climbs 62,000 miles into space.
A Marine private missed his first wedding anniversary because he was in boot camp and now was missing his second anniversary while serving in Iraq. So with the help of his father, the Marine hired an aircraft service to fly a banner over the home where his wife and son live.
Income taxes are optional, Neiman Marcus has an expensive cookie recipe and more financial fictions that crowd in-boxes. These e-mail hoaxes are designed for one thing: to drain your wallet.
A man who walked into a Wal-Mart covered in blood and bought garbage bags was charged with murder after authorities found a stabbed body in a trash bin.