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Man flying lawn chair lifted by helium balloons
(AP)
AP - Riding a green lawn chair supported by a rainbow array of more than 150 helium-filled party balloons, Kent Couch took off Saturday in a third bid to fly from central Oregon all the way to Idaho.
Arrest made after FedEx sends drug to wrong place
(AP)
AP - FedEx prides itself on reliability. But a mistaken delivery tipped off police to a 200-pound shipment of marijuana that someone tried to send from Pembroke Pines, Florida to Baltimore via the shipping company.
Man rips off wax Hitler's head
(AP)
AP - A man tore the head off a controversial Adolf Hitler wax figure at Madame Tussauds' new branch in Berlin on its opening day Saturday, officials said.
Man accused of faking heart attacks to avoid bills
(AP)
AP - A 52-year-old Milwaukee-area man has been accused of faking heart attacks to avoid paying restaurant bills and cab fares.
Champ retains NYC hot-dog eating title in overtime
(AP)
AP - Joey Chestnut achieved frankfurter immortality Friday, outdueling his celebrated Japanese rival in an epic hot-dog eating contest that pushed both of the gluttonous gladiators to the brink.
And the world's happiest country is..
(Reuters)
Reuters - Denmark, with its democracy, social
equality and peaceful atmosphere, is the happiest country in
the world, researchers said on Monday.
Restaurant makes meal out of war
(Reuters)
Reuters - At "Buns and Guns" you can order a
"Kalashnikov" sandwich from a bullet-shaped menu, prepared by
chefs in military fatigues with the roar of explosions as
background music.
Drunken Swede tries to row home from Denmark
(Reuters)
Reuters - A drunken 78-year-old Swede stole a
dinghy after a night out in the Danish town of Helsingor and
tried to row back to Sweden, but fell asleep halfway, Danish
police said on Monday.
Police suspect giraffe in circus breakout
(Reuters)
Reuters - Fifteen camels, two zebras and
several llamas and pot-bellied pigs escaped from a circus
visiting Amsterdam early Monday, police said.
Controversial tiger photos faked
(Reuters)
Reuters - China has fired a number of government
officials and arrested a man in connection with a set of fake
photographs that local authorities had said was proof of the
existence of a highly endangered tiger.
Irish woman seeks "husband" for 120 litres of beer
(Reuters)
Reuters - Julia Galvin came to
Finland looking for a man that would carry her 120 kg over a
253-metres track -- the incentive being the chance to win the
wife-carrying world title and beer worth her body weight.
Man rips head from Hitler wax figure
(Reuters)
Reuters - A man tore the head from a controversial
waxwork figure of Adolf Hitler on the opening day of Berlin's
Madame Tussauds museum on Saturday, police said.
Chile reality show contestant expelled over porn
(Reuters)
Reuters - So much for "love is blind." A
contestant has been expelled from a popular Chilean TV dating
show after he was found to have had previous acting experience
-- in a pornographic movie.
U.S. champion retains hot dog eating title
(Reuters)
Reuters - U.S. defending champion Joey Chestnut
won the annual Nathan's Famous Hot Dog Eating Contest on Friday
by downing 64 hot dogs in a competition that stretched into a
first-ever overtime.
Couple maintain Portugal's ceramic penis tradition
(Reuters)
Reuters - Husband and wife
Francisco and Casilda Figueiredo are among the last exponents
of a traditional Portuguese handicraft -- making ornamental
ceramic penises.
UK court: Pringles are potato-light, tax-free
(AP)
AP - Britain's High Court has ruled that Pringles are not a potato snack, and thus are not subject to value-added tax.
U.S. trade court rules against sex-bias claim
(Reuters)
Reuters - A U.S. trade court on Thursday
rejected an importer's claim that differing tariff rates for
men's gloves amounted to unconstitutional sex discrimination,
in a case closely watched by the fashion industry.
Crazy cat that frightened neighborhood mends ways
(AP)
AP - A combative cat named Lewis who frightened the neighbors and got his owner into legal trouble two years ago has done so well under house arrest that the case has now been scratched.
Polish bank rejects Walesa commemoration coin
(Reuters)
Reuters - Poland's central bank confirmed on
Thursday it had turned down a request to mint a coin with the
image of ex-president and Nobel Laureate Lech Walesa, but
denied suggestions that its decision was politically motivated.
2 teens attacked in town mocked in YouTube videos
(AP)
AP - Two teenagers who drove to Oniontown after a series of YouTube videos portrayed the hamlet as a run-down, backwoods dump were pelted with rocks by an angry group of young residents, authorities said.
