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World champs win Maine wife-carrying contest

A Finnish couple has added to their victories by taking first place in the North American Wife Carrying Championship at Maine's Sunday River ski resort.

Sunday - 10/07/2012, 03:18pm EDT

Men in heels bring in $40K for Heartly House

As Forrest Gump said, you can tell a lot about a person by their shoes And more than 150 men who donned heels to walk a mile through downtown Frederick on Saturday were trying to send a very loud and clear message with their footwear

Sunday - 10/07/2012, 06:00am EDT

Police: Cop impersonator demanded free fast food

Authorities in Florida say a man flashed a fake gun and badge and demanded free fast food at a McDonald's drive-thru.

Saturday - 10/06/2012, 12:22pm EDT

Crickets, worms on menu for Philly museum event

When a natural history museum throws a party, it figures that some unusual food might end up on the menu.

Friday - 10/05/2012, 02:09pm EDT

Bacteria eats poison, poops out gold (VIDEO)

Talk about dirty money.

Friday - 10/05/2012, 12:25pm EDT

Super-short streetball superstar shows off moves (VIDEO)

Muggsy Bogues has nothing on Jamani Love.

Friday - 10/05/2012, 11:44am EDT

Western Pa. judge sets example by doing jury duty

A western Pennsylvania judge spent the day in the county courthouse _ but not in her usual seat.

Friday - 10/05/2012, 09:18am EDT

Vietnam returns endangered turtle to Cambodia

A critically endangered turtle that somehow made it to Vietnam decades ago has been returned to its original home: Cambodia.

Friday - 10/05/2012, 07:02am EDT

Police: Call from 'burglar' actually came from dog

Police in Orem, Utah, say a man who thought he was getting a call from a burglar had actually gotten a call from his dog.

Friday - 10/05/2012, 04:01am EDT

Romney's Big Bird comments spark response from the bird himself

Uh oh. In Wednesday night's first presidential debate,Republican candidate Mitt Romney upset an unlikely...person?

Thursday - 10/04/2012, 03:45pm EDT

Chicago police find about 1,500 pot plants in city

In Chicago, a bustling urban metropolis where skyscrapers are as likely to sprout up as anything a farmer might plant, someone decided there was just enough room to grow something a little more organic: Marijuana.

Thursday - 10/04/2012, 03:58am EDT

Police find high-speed chase suspect in hot tub

Authorities say they captured a runaway suspect trying to hide in a backyard hot tub in southwestern Michigan following a more than 100 mph chase.

Wednesday - 10/03/2012, 08:49am EDT

Owners claim dog stuck in car grille on ride to RI

A dog who survived an 11-mile ride from Massachusetts to Rhode Island after being hit by a car and wedged into the grille has been reunited with its owners.

Tuesday - 10/02/2012, 10:03pm EDT

Police: Am. Samoa jailers let inmates go buy beer

Two corrections officers at American Samoa's only jail are suspected of letting inmates leave to go on beer and food runs.

Tuesday - 10/02/2012, 04:31pm EDT

Girls barred from Utah dance for short dresses

A Utah public high school principal has apologized to dozens of teens who were turned away from their homecoming dance because their dresses were deemed too short, in what parents and students called a "homecoming spirit massacre."

Tuesday - 10/02/2012, 03:21pm EDT

Emergency responders stung in bee truck rollover

Several emergency responders have been stung after a flatbed truck carrying honeybees rolled over in rural Nevada.

Tuesday - 10/02/2012, 12:14pm EDT

Dog survives 110-mile ride on pickup's engine

A dog has survived a 110-mile ride on the hot engine of a pickup truck during a Southern California heat wave.

Tuesday - 10/02/2012, 11:27am EDT

Russian nationalists want wedding shooters jailed

It was an unusual wedding escort even for Moscow's brash style: A red Ferrari led a motorcade in which guests fired celebratory shots from car windows as they sped down one of the city's main avenues near Red Square.

Monday - 10/01/2012, 01:14pm EDT

Bizarre new beauty trend: bagel head

A bizarre trend is sweeping across Asia that takes beauty injections to a whole new level.

Monday - 10/01/2012, 11:33am EDT

Up to 100 starlings killed after flying into car

A mass collision between a flock of starlings and a car on a stretch of Austrian expressway has left up to 100 of the birds dead and the driver shaken but unhurt.

Monday - 10/01/2012, 08:00am EDT
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