No jail for kisser who triggered airport scare
ABC Online - 10 Mar, 05:10
A man who held up 16,000 passengers by breaching airport security to kiss his girlfriend has avoided a jail sentence.
| | 'Miracle' as baby elephant comes back from the dead
Telegraph - 10 Mar, 02:30
Staff at Sydney's Taronga Zoo have declared the live birth of a baby elephant a 'miracle' days after vets said the calf had died in the womb.
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Hockey trumps flying in Canada
Reuters - 10 Mar, 02:00
Canada's largest airline has learned it sometimes has to take a back seat to the country's biggest sporting passion, ice hockey.
| | Sarah Palin's family sought free health care in Canada
Telegraph - 10 Mar, 01:50
Sarah Palin has raised questions over her staunch criticism of state health care after the former Alaska governor admitted her own family used to 'zoom' over the border to ...
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Traffic officer 'eats bribe'
IOL - 10 Mar, 01:30
A Siberian traffic policeman has been arrested for taking a bribe and then trying to conceal his crime by eating the money.
| | Big Apple condom wrappers ready for makeover
IOL - 10 Mar, 01:30
The designer who won the New York condom wrapper competition was really switch on.
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UK chefs have embraced home cooking
IOL - 10 Mar, 01:30
The French have long been considered masters of cuisine, but Britons spend longer in the kitchen and prepare a wider variety of international food, according to a survey.
| | Woman grows 'devil' horn from top of head
NEWS.com.au - 10 Mar, 01:10
AN elderly woman left her family baffled and worried after a devil-like horn grew on her head.
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Replica Civil War gun fired in class
UPI - 9 Mar, 23:40
A Montana superintendent of schools said his replica black powder muzzleloader accidentally fired off a round while he was showing the weapon to a class.
| | Police: Man attacked for Monopoly drug buy
UPI - 9 Mar, 23:40
Kansas authorities said an injured man pulled over during a traffic stop told officers he was beaten for using Monopoly money to purchase drugs.
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Restaurant serves breast-milk cheese
UPI - 9 Mar, 23:40
A New York chef said public demand led him to allow diners at his restaurant to sample homemade cheese made from his wife's breast milk.
| | Lego blocks patch New York buildings
UPI - 9 Mar, 23:40
A German artist said he is working to fill in cracks in New York buildings with an unusual construction material - plastic Lego blocks.
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Circus owner sued for sister boot
UPI - 9 Mar, 23:40
The owner of Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus is being sued in Washington for allegedly having his sister thrown out of a memorial for their aunt.
| | Cat, owner reunited after a year
UPI - 9 Mar, 22:30
A Massachusetts woman whose cat ran away nearly a year ago said the feline turned up in a foreclosed Boston home.
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Ex-mayor's Xbox for sale on eBay
UPI - 9 Mar, 22:30
Maryland prosecutors said eBay bids for former Baltimore Mayor Sheila Dixon's Xbox video game system are approaching $400.
| | Suspected burglar arrested nude
UPI - 9 Mar, 21:20
A man broke into a Florida home and raided the kitchen before watching TV, taking a shower and walking around the residence nude, authorities said.
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Police: Pot marked with motorist's name
UPI - 9 Mar, 21:20
Authorities in Florida said a box of marijuana found in a car was labeled with the motorist's first name and the word 'pot.'
| | Owners keep burglar locked in car
UPI - 9 Mar, 21:20
Authorities in Florida said residents who saw a man attempting to steal their car used the vehicle's remote-controlled locking mechanism to prevent his escape.
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Banana fails to entice loose monkey
UPI - 9 Mar, 21:20
A Florida woman said she used a banana to try to lure a loose monkey spotted outside of her home, but the animal ran off after a few minutes.
| | Mexican prison holds beauty pageant
UPI - 9 Mar, 20:10
A 22-year-old woman convicted of drug smuggling was named Miss Captive Beauty 2010 during a beauty pageant at a Mexican prison.
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Odor leads police to 200 pot plants in warehouse
AZCentral - 9 Mar, 18:30
LOS ANGELES - Los Angeles police say all they needed to find marijuana growing in a Van Nuys warehouse was a sense of smell.
| | At last, a chastity belt for dogs
Metro - 9 Mar, 16:50
Are you worried about your pet dog having too much sex? Then you'll be delighted to know that someone has invented a chastity belt for dogs.
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Residents flee Angolan village invaded by elephants
Reuters - 9 Mar, 16:20
Wild elephants rampaged through a southern village in Angola last weekend, destroying farms and dozens of houses and prompting most of its 4,000 residents to flee to ...
| | Chocolate-powered racecar makes sustainability sexy
Reuters - 9 Mar, 16:20
Fuelled by leftover chocolate and with components made from carrots, potato starch and flax, the world's first sustainable Formula 3 racing car has a top speed of 135 miles ...
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Sky Sports host saucy tweets banned
Digital Spy - 9 Mar, 15:40
Sky Sports News presenter Chloe Everton is banned from posting saucy Twitter messages by her bosses.
| | Pensioner left hoax bomb at dentist
Telegraph - 9 Mar, 15:40
A pensioner left a bogus bomb at his dentist at the climax of a revenge attack triggered by the belief he had been overcharged, a court heard today.
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Top five unexpected appearances of Jesus
Metro - 9 Mar, 15:10
Jesus has a strange habit of cropping up in the funniest places. Here's our top five.
| | Face of Jesus appears on Marmite lid
Metro - 9 Mar, 15:10
The face of the Messiah is back - on the lid of a Marmite jar. Praise be.
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Escaped rodeo bull goes on rampage (Video)
Newslite.tv - 9 Mar, 14:50
A bull escaped from a rodeo in the US and proceeded to charge around the car park sending visitors fleeing for cover.
| | Seeing the letter A pre-exam can improve results
Newslite.tv - 9 Mar, 14:20
Students would perform better in exams if they spent time looking at the letter A, it has been claimed.
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Shambles is Britain's most picturesque street
Newslite.tv - 9 Mar, 14:20
The Shambles, a famous cobbled lane in York has been named as the most picturesque street in Britain.
| | Crash caused by driver shaving pubic hair
IOL - 9 Mar, 13:30
A car crash in Florida is being blamed on the fact that the driver was trying to shave her bikini line.
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Kentucky woman breastfeeds sheriff's deputy
Register - 9 Mar, 12:30
A Kentucky woman cuffed for public intoxication added a third degree assault charge to her rap sheet after allegedly squirting breast milk into a sherrif's deputy's face.
| | German fishing boat flies giant kite to save fuel
ABC Online - 9 Mar, 12:20
Germany's largest fishing vessel will leave the Netherlands this week, towed by a giant kite harnessing trade winds for South America that will help cut its fuel consumption ...
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Judge 'tries to graffiti teen's bottom'
Digital Spy - 9 Mar, 12:10
A judge is dismissed after allegedly trying to spray paint the bottom of a teen graffiti offender.
| | Duck invasion damages football pitch
Digital Spy - 9 Mar, 12:10
A Japanese football team continues its campaign to rid its pitch of problematic ducks.
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Owner of Pirates of Caribbean parrot jailed
Telegraph - 9 Mar, 12:10
The owner of a celebrity parrot which starred in Pirates of the Caribbean has been jailed after being caught driving with her pet bird on her shoulder.
| | One-in-ten women regularly fake an orgasm
Newslite.tv - 9 Mar, 12:00
One in ten women fake an orgasm almost every single time they have sex, a new study has found.
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Man marries giant cushion
Orange - 9 Mar, 12:00
A Japanese man showed he was one big softy when he married the love of his life - a giant cushion.
| | Florida woman prangs car while shaving her privates
Register - 9 Mar, 11:20
A Florida Highway Patrol officer has admitted his incredulity at a woman who pranged her car while shaving her privates.
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