Oscar the cat predicts patients' deaths
Oscar the cat seems to have an uncanny knack for predicting when nursing home patients are going to die, by curling up next to them during their final hours. His accuracy, observed in 25 cases, has led the staff to call family members once he has chosen someone. It usually means they have less than four hours to live.

Fla. man wins Hemingway look-alike prize
The universe of "The Simpsons" — outlandish, yellow and absent of normal human growth — has sketched with parodying perfection the struggle of family life, the exploitation of a neighbor's good will and the bizarre qualities of school bus drivers, to name just a few of its accomplishments.

Fla. man wins Hemingway look-alike prize
A white-bearded insurance agent from Florida won the Ernest Hemingway Look-Alike Contest, a highlight of the annual festival honoring the famed writer.

Couple plans wedding, then Harry Potter
One Oregon couple's wedding night will be especially magical. Courtney Lanahan and Shawn Gordon of Clackamas are heading straight from their wedding reception Friday to a bookstore to get the final Harry Potter book.

Judge spares bull that's on Moo Tube
A judge on Monday granted a reprieve to Shambo, a sacred bull at a Hindu monastery who had been threatened with slaughter because he is suspected of carrying bovine tuberculosis.

Workers free dog trapped in sewer pipe
The sound of barking underneath a street Tuesday led a team of city workers to a dog trapped in a narrow culvert — and you might say they used a backward approach to rescue the mutt.

Thousands commemorate 1947 UFO 'crash'
If you truly believe a UFO and its crew of bug-eyed aliens came crashing down here 60 years ago, rest assured: You're not alone. At least 35,000 people have descended on Roswell this weekend for the 2007 Amazing Roswell UFO Festival to commemorate a purported flying saucer crash on a nearby ranch in July 1947. Participants have filled hotel rooms and nearly doubled the southeastern New Mexico town's population for a few days.

Paris Hilton's garbage sells big on eBay
An empty can of gourmet dog food taken from Paris Hilton's trash fetched $305 in an eBay auction. The sellers were from the Web site HollywoodStarTrash.com, which also listed several other Hilton items for sale on eBay.

N.J. dog crowned world's ugliest
TElwood, a 2-year-old Chinese Crested and Chihuahua mix, was crowned the world's ugliest dog Friday, a distinction that delighted the New Jersey mutt's owners.

Vatican has Ten Commandments for drivers
The Vatican on Tuesday issued a "Ten Commandments" for motorists to keep them on the road to salvation, warning drivers against the sins of road rage, abuse of alcohol or even simple rudeness.

Reptiles smuggled in garden gnomes
What's in a gnome? For surprised Australian customs officials, the answer was snakes and lizards.

Mating hares block Milan airport runways
Wild hares at Milan's Linate airport seem to have only one thing on their mind, and their excessive mating and growing numbers have blocked takeoffs, landings and radar systems.

Hawk, escaped lamb roam NYC streets
A hawk down in midtown Manhattan? Another bird of prey grounded across town? A lamb on the lam in the Bronx? True. All in one day. The series of animal adventures began around 10 a.m. Wednesday when a former parks commissioner reported spotting a hawk that had crash landed. At about 11:30 a.m., several blocks away, came a report of another wounded bird, this time an American kestrel.

Cucumber-flavored soda sold in Japan
Japanese are staying cool as a cucumber this summer with "Pepsi Ice Cucumber" — a new soda based on the crisp green gourd.

Scores of bicyclists go nude in U.K.
With strategically placed helmets and slogans painted on bare skin, scores of people shed their clothes and rode through this seaside resort on their bicycles Saturday to promote cycling as an environmentally friendly mode of transport.

Mich. man in wheelchair takes wild ride
A 21-year-old man got the ride of a lifetime when his electric wheelchair became lodged in the grille of a semitrailer and was pushed down a highway for several miles at about 50 mph.

Baby Bubba issued Illinois gun ID card
Bubba Ludwig can't walk, talk or open the refrigerator door — but he does have his very own Illinois gun permit.

Nudists try to attract younger following
Here's the naked truth about nude recreation: The people who practice it aren't getting any younger.

Wis. farmer finds new calf has two noses
Mark Krombholz had to look twice at his new calf, Lucy — one time for each nose. "I didn't notice anything too different about her until I got her in the barn," Krombholz said, "and all of a sudden I went to feed her a bottle of milk, and I thought maybe she'd been kicked in the nose and there were two noses there."

Wis. man's car stolen twice in one day
York Heiden is one unlucky crime victim — his car was stolen twice in one day. Even he can't believe it. "Everyone says, 'You shouldn't have left it,'" Heiden said, laughing. "But I know, I know ... So many what-ifs: I shouldn't have done this, I should have taken the tire off."

Drunk man parks horse in German bank
An early-morning German bank customer had a bit of a shock when he found a horse already in line at the automatic teller machine in front of him. It seems the horse's owner, identified only as Wolfgang H., had a bit too much to drink the night before and decided to sleep it off inside the bank's heated foyer, police said Tuesday.

Pair find winning lotto ticket in trash
A couple picking up trash along a roadside found a winning scratch-off lottery ticket that led them to a $1,000 jackpot. Ronnie and Tina Abbott said they found a lottery ticket worth $15 Sunday while picking up garbage along a Clinton County road near Frankfort, about 55 miles northwest of Indianapolis.

Astronaut runs 'Marathon' in space
Astronaut Sunita "Suni" Williams started her version of the Boston Marathon on Monday, running on a treadmill 210 miles above Earth undeterred by the wind and rain lashing her Massachusetts counterparts.

Experts open dolphin 'chat line' in Fla.
A marine mammal rehabilitation facility opened a dolphin "chat line" of sorts Saturday, hoping to teach a deaf dolphin's unborn calf to communicate.

New Zealand council wants Easter bunny to hop off
A New Zealand environmental body is targeting the Easter bunny in a renewed war against one of the country's worst natural pests.

Ten of the best April Fool's Day hoaxes: US museum
From television revealing that spaghetti grows on trees to advertisements for the left-handed burger, the tradition of April Fool's Day stories in the media has a weird and wonderful history.

Monster cane toad found in Australia
A huge cane toad the size of a small dog has been captured in the Australian tropical city of Darwin, startling environmentalists who are fighting to stop the poisonous amphibians spread across the country.

New Jersey thieves snatch $12,000 in underwear
Three brazen New Jersey shoplifters made off with nearly $12,000 in women's underwear by stuffing the goods into bags designed to foil anti-theft equipment at a Victoria's Secret store while the shop was open for business, police said.

13-year-old wins rotten sneaker contest
Thirteen-year-old Katharine Tuck's sneakers are equal opportunity offenders. They smell as bad as they look. Now, the Utah seventh grader is $2,500 richer because of it: On Tuesday, she out-ranked six other children to win the 32nd annual National Odor-Eaters Rotten Sneaker Contest, stinking up the joint with a pair of well-worn 1 1/2-year-old Nikes so noxious they had the judges wincing.

Comic Sinbad resurrected after online demise
Condolences flowed for U.S. comedian Sinbad after the online encyclopaedia Wikipedia announced his death on Thursday, but it turned out the grieving was premature and the comic was alive and well.

Pi fans to meet March 14 (3.14, get it?)
This is a story about love. About inscrutable complexity and remarkable simplicity, about the promise of forever. It is about obsession and devotion, and grand gestures and 4,000-word love letters.

German convicted of stealing buffet for 60 people
A jobless German has been handed a five-month suspended jail term for stealing a buffet for 60 people and eating it with friends, authorities said on Tuesday.

Philly boutique gets two buckets of pot
Workers at a downtown boutique called police after unexpectedly receiving two buckets of marijuana worth $90,000. Police were called to Fusion on Saturday after employees received the two packages of marijuana totaling about 20 pounds.

Rats run wild in KFC-Taco Bell in N.Y.
New Yorkers are used to seeing rats where they catch their trains - not where they buy their chalupas. About a dozen rats were having a grand party Friday in a locked KFC/Taco Bell restaurant, scampering around the floor, playing with each other and sniffing for food as they dashed around tables and children's high chairs.

Tiny duckling has rare mutation: 4 legs
Webbed feet run in Stumpy's family, but he's the first to have four of them.

Wisconsin man spears a 6-foot sturgeon
The fish's long shadow slid under the ice, causing Darren Horness to blink. "I was skimming some ice off the hole, and all the sudden I thought I caught a little bit of movement, and I had to kind of take a step back," said Horness, 36, of Howards Grove. "The fish was actually coming up into the hole, I just could see part of it and could tell it was a kind of a nice fish, but I had no idea how big it really was."

Thai woman tells of 25-year detour after catching wrong bus
A Thai mother who was lost for 25 years after catching the wrong bus home has spoken of her ordeal after being reunited with her family thanks to simple song.

"Chewbacca" arrested for head-butting
A Chewbacca impersonator was arrested after being accused of head-butting a Hollywood tour guide who warned the furry brown Wookiee about harassing two Japanese tourists, police said on Saturday.

Iguana's stubborn erection to get the chop
Mozart, an iguana with an erection that has lasted for over a week, will have his penis amputated in the next couple of days.

Pet shop owner creates beer for dogs
After a long day hunting, there's nothing like wrapping your paw around a cold bottle of beer. So Terrie Berenden, a pet shop owner in the southern Dutch town of Zelhem, created a beer for her Weimaraners made from beef extract and malt.

Cheat on your spouse in Michigan and spend life in prison?
Philanderers beware: spouses caught cheating in Michigan could end up spending the rest of their life in prison.

Man electrocuted by do-it-yourself mole-killer
A German retiree who wired up a high-voltage cable to try to wipe out the moles digging up his garden killed himself instead, police said Thursday.

Calf with two faces born at Va. farm
One of the newest arrivals at Kirk Heldreth's dairy farm is drawing crowds. A calf with two faces was born Dec. 27 at Heldreth Dairy Farm, and word has spread in southwest Virginia as residents flock to his farm.

Hotel chain offers massages for dogs
Austin ricochets around the Ritz-Carlton hotel room, bouncing from bed to chair and leaping high to lick the face of his personal masseuse. He's an energetic 4-year-old pug, so there is a lot of wriggling as his "privileged pup" pet massage begins. But soon his eyelids droop and his tiny muscles relax under the soothing touch of Darlene Davison, the Ritz-Carlton Sarasota's spa director.

Boy sentenced for driving stolen bus
A 15-year-old boy has been sentenced to four years in a juvenile treatment program after deputies stopped him driving a stolen bus along a public transit route, picking up passengers and collecting fares.

Virgin birth expected for Komodo dragon
Flora, a pregnant Komodo dragon living in a zoo, is expecting eight babies in what scientists said on Wednesday could be a Christmas virgin birth.

Dog weddings called off on grounds of cruelty
A Hindu wedding ceremony of 18 dogs has been called off in India after hardline religious groups and animal rights activists said it was a mockery of the religion and cruel to the canines, a newspaper reported on Sunday.

Man Calls 911 to Report Stolen Drugs
A Wichita man called 911 to report he was the victim of an armed robbery. The theft? A pound of marijuana worth about $1,100 that he had been trying to sell at his home.

Curry craving inspires 9,000-mile takeaway order
A group of English cricket fans watching their team play in Australia were so desperate for a curry from their favourite chef that they ordered one from Britain, and the restaurant's managers promised to deliver.

Woman finds bat in Christmas tree
Sheila Kearns had a Christmas tree delivered to her home on Sunday. She says she thought she'd been pricked by pine needles when she reached into the tree while decorating it. But the next morning, she found a bat hanging upside down in her home.

Scientists say trained bees can sniff bombs
Scientists at a U.S. weapons laboratory say they have trained bees to sniff out explosives in a project they say could have far-reaching applications for U.S. homeland security and the Iraq war.

Turkeys try to catch train out of N.J.
Some wild turkeys, it appears, were trying to get out of New Jersey before Thanksgiving Day. A spokesman for the NJ Transit said train officials reported a dozen or so wild turkeys waiting on a station platform in Ramsey, about 20 miles northwest of New York City, on Wednesday afternoon. The line travels to Suffern, N.Y.

Shoppers hopping mad over frog dissection kit
On the first day of Christmas my true love gave to me ... a frog dissection kit?

'Grape guy' catches 116 grapes in mouth
An American man caught 116 tossed grapes in his mouth in three minutes in what he hopes will become a new Guinness World Record, his publicity team said Thursday.

Inmate allegedly urged to strip for pie
Two Lenawee County (Mich.) Jail officers have been fired after authorities say they urged an inmate to strip and run naked around his cellblock in exchange for a piece of cherry pie. "We took decisive action," Sheriff Larry Richardson told The Daily Telegram.

Naked man arrested for concealed weapon
A man was arrested on suspicion of carrying a concealed weapon after police found him outdoors — naked — and he told them he had a tool in his rectum, authorities said.

Batman helps Ga. town infested by bats
So many bats have infested the town's historic district that the sky turns black with each sunset and the neighborhood is calling on Batman to come to the rescue.

Great Ape scolded for pulling fire alarm
One of the great apes at a research center in Des Moines has learned a valuable lesson — don't pull the fire alarm. A bonobo named Panbanisha did just that last Friday, sending out the fire department to the Great Ape Trust of Iowa.

Austrian removes 'sexist' urinals
An Austrian businessman announced Thursday that he would get rid of urinals shaped like a woman's mouth from a public toilet near Vienna's national opera, after facing pressure from politicians who demanded their removal.

Coffins to bear logos of baseball teams
Many crazed baseball fans have said they would die for a championship. But are they willing to take that devotion to the grave? Major League Baseball and a company that makes funeral products will soon find out just how many fans want to be decked out for all eternity in tribute to their team.

Chef makes wedding gown with cream puffs
Valentyn Shtefano's pastries were known for attracting stares and giggles as well as lip-smacking murmurs. But even his fiancee was surprised when Shtefano told her he was making her wedding dress — out of flour, eggs, sugar and caramel.

Sports fan names newborn son ESPN
Leann Real promised her husband, an avid sports fan, that if they ever had a son he'd get to pick the name. ESPN Montana Real was born this week at Biloxi Regional Medical Center.

Forget airbags, silicone breasts will do
A woman in the northern Bulgarian town of Ruse survived a car crash thanks to her silicone breasts which acted as an airbag, a newspaper has reported.

3-year-old boy buys pink Nissan on eBay
Three-year-old Jack Neal loves cars: so much so, that while his mother's back was turned he bought a Barbie-pink Nissan Figaro for nearly $16,000 on eBay.

Women arrested after bizarre sex sting
A police sting took an odd turn when an officer pretending to be a john met a suspected prostitute pretending to be an officer.

Man sets sights on eye-popping record
Claudio Paulo Pinto is looking to break an eye-popping record. Literally. Pinto can pop his eyeballs out of their sockets at least 7 millimeters (0.3 inches), a national record for eye-popping according to RankBrasil, an organization modeled after the Guinness Book of World Records that lists Brazilian records.

N.Y. woman wins $1 million lottery again
A woman who won $1 million from a state lottery game four years ago has improbably hit the jackpot again.

Nude teens raising eyebrows in Vermont
Nudity isn't new here. Usually it bares itself in more subtle places than a downtown parking lot, though.

Woman crashes when teaching dog to drive
A woman in Hohhot, the capital of north China's Inner Mongolia region, crashed her car while giving her dog a driving lesson, the official Xinhua News Agency said Monday.

Calif. woman sues over mannequin attack
A woman is suing the J.C. Penney Co. after an alleged run-in with a store mannequin that she says left her with a cracked tooth, a bloodied head and recurring shoulder pain.

AOL prepares to dig for gold _ literally
Dig this: AOL believes a renegade Internet spammer buried gold and platinum on his parents' property in Massachusetts and wants to bring in bulldozers to search for the treasure and satisfy a $12.8 million judgment it won in federal court.

Colombia's big-butt ants entice gourmets
The first loud crackle tastes and feels like popcorn, but by the time the juices spray wildly in your mouth and the filament-like legs slide down your throat, there's no mistaking this toasted ant queen.

Dog meat popular with N. Korean women
Dog meat is increasingly popular among women in North Korea because the traditional Korean delicacy is believed to be good for the skin, a pro-Pyongyang newspaper in Japan.

Woman gets stuck on toilet, suffers burns
A woman who became stuck to a toilet seat in a shopping mall restroom was treated at a local hospital after paramedics used fingernail polish remover to free her, officials said.

Man accused of shoving phone down throat
The assault trial of a man accused of shoving a cell phone down a woman's throat has begun.

Mich. boy, 5, takes off in grandma's SUV
A 5-year-old boy hopped behind the wheel of a sport utility vehicle and drove it several blocks looking for his mother following an argument with his grandmother, authorities said.

Patient wearing oxygen mask sparks fire
A patient who was wearing an oxygen mask tried to light a cigarette in his hospital room, sparking a fire that forced the evacuation of more than 100 patients, destroyed the room and melted medical equipment, officials said.

Man is fined buffalo and pig for bigamy
An indigenous man in Malaysia's Sabah state on Borneo Island was fined a buffalo and a pig for breaking a tribal custom by secretly marrying a second wife.

Hot ice cream comes with a warning
This ice cream comes with an unusual stipulation — customers must sign a waiver before tasting it because it's so hot.

Docs remove 119 nails from woman's stomach
Physicians removed 119 nails — many of them rusty — from a woman's stomach months after she apparently swallowed them, a doctor said.

Police find skeleton in Cleveland home
Officers who went to a home to serve a search warrant found a skeleton in the bed where an 80-year-old woman said her mother was sleeping.

Possibly drunk pelican hits windshield
The driver was sober. The bird that crashed through the windshield of his car might have been flying under the influence.

Geriatric love triangle murder case opens
A 79-year-old grandmother who used a cane to walk to her seat in the courtroom Tuesday was painted by prosecutors as so consumed by a jealous rage last year that she shot her ex-boyfriend four times in the head.

Man takes street sweeper for a joy ride
MANCHESTER, N.H. - A Manchester man faces charges after taking an unattended street sweeper out for a joy ride. The sweeper was being used in a downtown Manchester parking garage on Saturday and the operator had left the machine temporarily.

Naked man takes 'risk', gets shot at
A marriage-minded man ran naked through his neighborhood, trying to show his hesitant girlfriend that taking risks is important. He got more than he bargained for when he ended up being chased and shot at.

Naked, cuffed suspect flees from hospital
A burglary suspect was charged with a string of crimes after bolting from a hospital, naked, handcuffed and with blood spurting from a stab wound in his chest.

Calif. inmate gives birth on the toilet
A recently incarcerated inmate who claims she was unaware she was pregnant gave birth in her cell to a baby boy, authorities said Friday.

Police: Woman hits breeder with Chihuahua
A woman angry that her new puppy had died pushed her way into a dog breeder's home and repeatedly hit her on the head with the dead Chihuahua, authorities said.

Wedding nixed after bride and groom brawl
This couple didn't even make it to the altar before police made them part.

Man who put mouse in burrito sentenced
A man who stuffed a dead mouse into his Taco Bell burrito in a botched extortion attempt was sentenced Friday to 16 to 30 months in prison.

Man severs penis to prove faithfulness
A man who apparently severed his penis in an attempt to convince his wife that he was faithful to her was recovering after surgery to reattach the organ at a northern Malaysian hospital, a news report said Tuesday.

Video of grumpy man an Internet hit
A six-minute film showing a grumpy man scolding a fellow Hong Kong bus rider for interrupting his phone call has become one of the most popular videos online.

Urine ruins W.Va. courthouse shrubbery
Shrubbery next to the Raleigh County Courthouse has been ruined by homeless people who urinate there and must be replaced, the county commission president says.

Nasty neighbor gets anti-social order
A retired businesswoman accused of vandalizing her neighbors' property and blocking local roads with dead animals and dog feces was served with an order Thursday banning her from engaging in anti-social behavior.

Man bolts Lamborghini on wall in mansion
Auto art has been taken to a new level after an Orange County man bolted a 1974 black Lamborghini Countach to a wall inside his home.

Bears eat monkey in front of zoo visitors
Bears killed and ate a monkey in a Dutch zoo in front of horrified visitors, witnesses and the zoo said Monday. In the incident Sunday at the Beekse Bergen Safari Park, several Sloth bears chased the Barbary macaque into an electric fence, where it was stunned.

Cops lose $31K after tossing broken desk
SOMERVILLE, Mass. - More than $31,000 in drug money seized by Somerville police now is buried forever under tons of garbage in a Rochester, N.H., landfill after officers accidentally stashed the cash in a broken desk drawer that was being discarded.

Elderly woman fights off attacking alligator
An elderly woman, who was bitten by an alligator while working in her backyard, beat back the reptile with a garden hose.

Man arrested for driving lawnmower drunk
Police have arrested a man accused of operating lawnmower while drunk. Dondi Bowles, 50, was arrested about 9:45 p.m. Friday as he drove the mower on a sidewalk.

Ga. woman collects outhouses for backyard
They once were a rural American staple, a necessity for daily life. Today, outhouses are mostly gone — but not if you wander into Janie Peel's backyard. "This is my newest one," she said, gesturing toward a vintage double-seater that was moved in its entirety to her farm.

Family kicked out of buffet restaurant
Wendy Dershem may think twice before leaving that egg roll on her plate at her next Chinese buffet. The Des Moines woman, her boyfriend and her two children were kicked out of a restaurant last week after management accused her of leaving too much food on her plate.

Man saves Nixon's 40-year-old sandwich
Some might call a partially-eaten sandwich ordered by then-Vice President Richard Nixon more than 40 years ago just a piece of trash.

33-year-old man marrys 104-year-old women
A 33-year-old man in northern Malaysia has married a 104-year-old woman, saying mutual respect and friendship had turned to love, a news report said.

Planner wants to name new subdivision Sinnerville
Move over, Sin City. Someone in this town wants to build a community called Sinnerville.

Woman, 62, fights $1,431 cable porn bill
A 62-year-old retired schoolteacher is fighting with a cable company over a hefty bill for porn and gangsta rap programming she says she never ordered.

Calif. woman spanked at work sues for $1.2M
Lawyers for a woman who was spanked in front of her co-workers as part of what her employer said was a camaraderie-building exercise asked a jury Wednesday for at least $1.2 million for the humiliation she claimed to have suffered.

House blasted by 3,000 gallons of sewage
Utility workers trying to blast out a grease clog from a sewer line forced 3,000 gallons of raw sewage into a couple's home, forcing them to abandon their house while hoping that the city makes good on a promise to clean up and repair the damage.

Ala. students expelled for showing porno
Three eighth-graders have been expelled from Bay Minette Middle School for showing a pornographic movie in their classroom while the teacher's back was turned.

Man offers $1,000 for virgin bride
A man has caused an uproar in this southwestern Oklahoma town by advertising in an unusual manner that he'd like to pay for a virgin to be his bride.

Easter Bunny fired — for losing his head
The Easter Bunny has been fired — for losing his head. Arthur J. McClure, 22, who had been hired to play the Easter Bunny at a local mall has been accused of removing the head of the costume and hitting a customer, authorities said.

School makes kids use buckets for toilets
A principal trying to prevent walkouts during immigration rallies inadvertently introduced a lockdown so strict that children weren't allowed to go to the bathroom, and instead had to use buckets in the classroom, an official said.

Man breaks into pound to claim dog
When Thomas Carroll couldn't come up with the $125 to bail his dog out of the pound, authorities say, he broke in and freed his pooch and three others.

Laid-off worker advertises on billboard for job
A laid-off city worker has taken an unconventional approach to finding a job — posting an ad on a billboard.

Alleged castrator had medical experience
The man at the center of an investigation into castrations at a sadomasochistic "dungeon" spent 23 years working at a Veterans Administration medical center in Kansas, according to federal officials.

Paperweight severs Calif. teacher's hand
A teacher who kept a 40 mm shell on his desk as a paperweight blew off part of his hand when he apparently used the object to try to squash a bug.

Anti-porn group tries to get "Jesus Loves Porn Stars" on bibles
A Bible publisher has rejected a request by an anti-pornography Internet ministry to put its “Jesus Loves Porn Stars” brand on the covers of the New Testament.

Thief gets away with Jerry Garcia's toilet
The long, strange trip continues for Jerry Garcia's toilet.

Crazy cat terrorizes Connecticut town
Residents of the neighborhood of Sunset Circle say they have been terrorized by a crazy cat named Lewis. Lewis for his part has been uniquely cited, personally issued a restraining order by the town's animal control officer.

Man is charged $4,300 for four burgers
Four burgers at his neighborhood Burger King cost George Beane a whopping $4,334.33.

Man sentenced for shooting at toy plane
A man has been sentenced to six months' probation for shooting at his neighbor's radio-controlled model airplanes with a shotgun.

Cross-dressing thief foiled by stocking
Authorities said a thief's getaway plan was foiled when the stockings he was wearing got caught in a car door.

Man's toddler son wanders into strip club
A Kansas man was arrested at a Tulsa strip club after police say his toddler son wandered from an unlocked car into the club over the weekend.

Pizza that will feed the entire family - for a week
PITTSBURGH — This is one pizza you'd better order ahead for. Mama Lena's Pizza House is vying for a spot in the Guinness World Records as the planet's largest commercially available pizza.

Pregnant teen waitress gets $1,000 tip
The couple at one of waitress Amanda Newkirk's many tables seemed ordinary enough. The woman ordered a turkey burger, fries and two Coors Lights. The man had a bacon cheeseburger and sweet tea. Their bill came to $26.35. They left Newkirk $1,000.

Man sues himself
When a dump truck backed into Curtis Gokey's car, he decided to sue the city for damages.

Sticky man freaks out
A 20-year-old man who awoke after a party to find himself covered in syrup and dry oatmeal is facing a criminal charge after authorities say he turned a gun on the man who pulled the prank.

Woman gets beer from her kitchen faucet
It almost seemed like a miracle to Haldis Gundersen when she turned on her kitchen faucet this weekend and found the water had turned into beer.

Man says stripper delivered a Rob-O-Gram
A retired salesman alleged a stripper and her friend beat and robbed him in his home. John Skinner, 54, said he was on his way to Bible study on Jan. 23 when exotic dancer Maureen Murphy, 25, knocked on his door and offered him a free strip-o-gram.

Rare $10,000 bill rediscovered
A rare $10,000 bill is getting a new home. The bill — one of 15 large-denomination bills at a Chase Bank branch in Green Bay — was shipped to the bank's corporate archives in New York for safe keeping.

Man who weighed 1,000 pounds down to 400
Patrick Deuel, who once weighed more than 1,000 pounds, has lost another 81 pounds in a surgery that removed a mass of fat and skin hanging from his midsection.

Just discovered animal looks like blonde furry lobster
Divers have discovered a new crustacean in the South Pacific that resembles a lobster and is covered with what looks like silky, blond fur, French researchers said Tuesday.

Cape Cod high school may ban scented deodorants
A Cape Cod high school may soon ban all colognes, perfumes, scented deodorants and body sprays.

New dog saves family from fire
A newly adopted dog's noisy barking alerted a sleeping family that their home was on fire, allowing them to escape the blaze with only minor injuries.

Senator saves rival with Heimlich
State Sen. John Giannetti was waiting for his take-out order of penne pasta and meatballs at an Italian restaurant when he saw a man choking.

Boy leaves gum on $1.5 million painting
Apparently, one 12-year-old visitor to the Detroit Institute of Arts doesn't think much of abstract art.

Customers Cook Up Trouble With Fake Penis
A woman who claimed she was trying to cheat on a drug test was behind a bizarre incident in which a frightened convenience store clerk thought she had microwaved a severed penis, police said.

Four Charged for Selling Body Parts
The owner of a biomedical supply house and three others were charged with selling body parts for use in transplants in a scheme a district attorney called "something out of a cheap horror movie."

Lucky black cat found six months after Katrina
When Hurricane Katrina struck New Orleans, Tristan Carter thought she had lost everything — her home, a grandfather, two dogs, a cat and a rabbit.

Hog and antelope are odd couple at L.A. zoo
Shortly after his mate went to hog heaven, Willy the Red River porcine spied a new mud-pen pal in what officials are calling one of the oddest pairings at the Los Angeles Zoo.

Woman donates engagement ring to charity - former fiance sues
Janet Grace, 46, and Mario Mele, 64, came to confidential terms and resolved the dispute amicably, according to Joel Trigiani, Mele's attorney.

Red Light District Opens Its Doors
Dutch prostitutes gave the public a peek behind the curtains of Amsterdam's famed Red Light District on Saturday, hoping to stave off an attempt by city politicians to stop lingerie-clad women from advertising themselves in neon-lit windows.

Mom, daughter give birth 90-minutes apart
A 42-year-old woman and her daughter each had babies 90 minutes apart, assisted by the same nurses in the same room at Utah Valley Regional Medical Center.

Farmer plows a valentine for wife of 50 years
Forget the pen and paper. Richard Patrick made his wife of nearly 50 years an early Valentine with a piece of farm equipment.

"Bra Fence" protected by locals
Residents of the small New Zealand district of Cardrona have voted unanimously to retain the area's “bra fence” — a farm fence out in the country with hundreds of discarded women's brassieres tied to it.

Drowning chicken saved through CPR
A retired nurse saved her brother's chicken, Boo Boo, by administering mouth-to-beak resuscitation last week after the fowl was found floating face down in the family's pond.

LA police throwing darts to catch speeding cars
The car chase capital of the world is going high-tech to end dangerous pursuits across Southern California.

100-pounder wins World Grilled Cheese Eating Championship
A 100-pound woman ate 26 grilled cheese sandwiches in 10 minutes at a New York restaurant, winning the World Grilled Cheese Eating Championship.

Offer of Aussie friendship draws in big bucks on eBay
An offer of beer, sausages and a chat with four Aussie blokes has set off a bidding frenzy on the Australian eBay online auction site.

Mutt named best in show
A dachshund-cocker mix with a hard-luck past has ended up being the belle of the ball.

"God" not allowed to vote
READING— One registered Republican won't be able to vote in the next election unless he appears at a Berks County Elections Board to explain the signature on his registration form.

Scorpion Queen and Centipede King marry
BANGKOK, Thailand — It was love at first sight for Thailand's Scorpion Queen and Centipede King.

Chinese find adult diapers a necessity on over-packed trains
SHANGHAI, China — Along with food and firecrackers, Chinese are adding a new item to their lunar New Year shopping: adult diapers.

Stealth rockers are masters at flying under grown-ups' radar
NEW YORK --From the waist up, they looked like perfectly normal commuters. That wasn't good enough for police.

Man recovers stolen Corvette after four decades
CARSON, Calif. — The last time Alan Poster saw his dream car, he was young and it was blue. Nearly four decades later, he’s a little grayer and the car has turned silver but it was love at first sight all over again as the Corvette somebody swiped in New York City was returned to him.

Toddler recieves jury summons
NEW BEDFORD, Mass. — Kaylee Reynolds had a huge problem when she received a recent summons to serve jury duty. She wasn’t old enough to read it.

Eminem, ex-wife remarry
ROCHESTER, Mich. — Eminem remarried his high school sweetheart Saturday, a month after the superstar rapper announced they were getting back together, his publicist said.

Two-headed snake up for auction
ST. LOUIS - For sale: One albino snake. Has two heads. Asking $150,000 or best offer.

Alleged Santa Claus flasher arrested again
RAYMOND, N.H. --A Massachusetts man arrested for allegedly dropping his pants while dressed as Santa Claus has been arrested again.