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at 0:14 on July 6, 2008, EDT.
EAU CLAIRE, Mich. - Brian "Young Gun" Krause has out-spit his father to claim his seventh championship at the International Cherry Pit Spitting Championship in Eau Claire, Michiagn.
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at 15:23 on July 5, 2008, EDT.
BEND, Ore. - 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.
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at 16:11 on July 5, 2008, EDT.
BALTIMORE - FedEx prides itself on reliability. But a mistaken delivery tipped off police to a 90-kilogram shipment of marijuana that someone tried to send from Pembroke Pines, Florida, to Baltimore via the shipping company.
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at 8:35 on July 4, 2008, EDT.
BUCHAREST, Romania - A court has ordered a Romanian surgeon to pay $795,000 in compensation to a patient whose penis he accidentally severed during an operation.
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at 12:19 on July 4, 2008, EDT.
OTTAWA - Police have nabbed a suspect in the thefts of 25 manhole covers in one area of the capital city.
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at 12:45 on July 4, 2008, EDT.
LONDON - Britain's High Court has ruled that Pringles are not a potato snack, and thus are not subject to value-added tax.
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at 13:46 on July 4, 2008, EDT.
NEW YORK - Joey Chestnut has reclaimed the top spot as winner of the annual hot dog eating contest in Coney Island after first tying with arch rival Takeru Kobayashi in a 10-minute chow-down and then beating him in a five-dog eat-off.
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at 13:46 on July 4, 2008, EDT.
FAIRFIELD, Conn. - A combative cat named Lewis who frightened the neighbours and got his owner into legal trouble two years ago has done so well under house arrest that the case has now been scratched.
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at 13:47 on July 4, 2008, EDT.
DOVER, N.Y. - A pair of 17-year-olds 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.
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at 22:17 on July 4, 2008, EDT.
WAUKESHA, Wis. - A 52-year-old Milwaukee-area man has been accused of faking heart attacks to avoid paying restaurant bills and cab fares.
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