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South Korea has been pushing the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency to change the way it spells President Roh Moo-hyun's last name, but the CIA is sticking to its guns.
A robbery attempt at an ice cream store resulted in a not-so-sweet ending for a would-be thief who authorities say knocked over a large container of strawberry syrup.
A group of softball players and people attending a 13-year-old's birthday party at a recreation center got into a fight after several balls sailed over a fence and landed near the facility's swimming pool.
A 70-year-old Italian died when a World War One bomb, part of his collection of military memorabilia, exploded while he was showing it to a friend in his garden.
A California man claimed top honors at the annual Bulwer-Lytton Fiction Contest celebrating bad writing, likening the end of a love affair to "Martha Stewart ripping the sand vein out of a shrimp's tail."
Dozens of students wearing red "Spider-Man" masks have taken over buildings at Peru's National Engineering University to demand the removal of the dean, whom they accuse of mishandling funds.
A new technology debuting in 12 states will significantly extend Amber alerts, reaching cell phones, e-mail and handheld computers, and could also be used to transmit weather and terrorism alerts.
At 68, many people are slowing down. Not John Wicks: He's going to Iraq. Wicks, a psychiatrist, has been called out of military retirement by the Army to fill a shortage of mental health experts needed to help soldiers cope with combat.
Procter & Gamble does not get a second "bite at the apple" in its lawsuit against Amway Corp. over false rumors that P&G was linked to Satanism, the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals said in rejecting the case.
Flicking away pesky mosquitoes may be better than swatting the bloodsucking insects, which can lead to infections if their body parts are smashed into human skin.
A 36-year-old man led police on a brief car chase, driving on sidewalks, through parking lots and even against traffic on a busy boulevard, so he wouldn't get caught with stolen library books.
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