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Scientists who study the brain say that the 10 percent theory is a myth. Like the urban legend about man-eating alligators in the sewers, it's been repeated so often that we think it must be true.
Chinese police have detained a "sorcerer" who killed 10 people and sold their bodies to bereaved families to cremate in the place of loved ones who were secretly buried.
The hitchhiker rode 85 miles on the vacant back of a semitrailer truck in pouring rain, state troopers say, before being rescued — shaggy, sopping wet and wearing only a flea collar.
Maybe David Levin should have seen it coming: An economic development group fired him as a consultant over concern that his self-professed psychic powers were interfering with his work.
For buyers who purchase any new 2004 or 2005 model Nissan, the Route 46 Nissan dealership in Totowa, New Jersey, is giving away a 2003 Nissan Sentra, usually an off-lease or traded-in vehicle.
Georgia has demanded that Moscow quit part of a military base on the Black Sea, saying the sight of Russian troops drying their underwear is ruining the reputation of its former imperial master.
Passengers had a terrifying moment when a cabin door blew open at 500 feet during a Boston-to-Nantucket flight, but the airline said no one was in danger because the cabin wasn't pressurized.
The state is investigating complaints about the foul stench of rotting chicken wafting from the Tyson Foods Inc. plant and driving tourists away from the Elk River in southwest Missouri.
A giant plastic toilet bowl on Berlin's swank Unter den Linden boulevard, the work of a French artist, has been raising more than a few eyebrows in recent days.
An online bookmaker is taking bets on the outcome of 10 big scientific endeavours, including the search for life on other planets and the quest to harness nuclear fusion as a substitute for oil.
The town of Hempstead, N.Y., has a message for Gwinnett County school administrators: Before you target a student wearing a Hempstead shirt, look at a map.
A shadowy group of militant Stockholmers carried out their threat to "execute" a fiberglass life-size cow after their demand that "Cow Parade," an outdoor art exhibit, be dismantled was not met.
Pitt University declared "Banana Split Day" and celebrated the dessert's 100th birthday by serving about 4,000 ice cream cones to university freshmen, family members, students and others returning to campus for the new school year.
A spate of worm sightings in public swimming pools has forced several closures and police said they have been called to investigate the case that's left Hong Kong feeling a bit squeamish.
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