Assassination Fears Of Obama Stop Bookies From Paying Out
Two of Australia’s largest bookmakers are refusing to pay out on bets that Barack Obama would win the U.S. presidential election, citing fears he could be assassinated before his inauguration, a report...
View ArticleBrutal Facebook Killer Jailed For 18 Years
A British man who murdered his wife after becoming enraged when she changed her relationship status on Facebook to “single” has been jailed for at least 18 years. Edward Richardson, 41, stabbed wife...
View ArticleMan Chopped Off Penis After Marriage Refusal
A 25-year-old Egyptian man cut off his own penis to spite his family after he was refused permission to marry a girl from a lower class family, police reported on Sunday. After unsuccessfully...
View ArticleRace On For English Millionth Word
The Indian term of praise “Jai ho” and popular word “slumdog” from the Oscar prize winner “Slumdog Millionaire” are among the 73 other finalists from across the globe to become the millionth English...
View ArticleTourist Survives Outside Night Train Ride
A young American tourist survived a life-threatening test of endurance while clinging to the outside of a moving train through bitter cold and high speeds in Australia. Chad Vance, 19, a native of...
View ArticleEvery Dog Has Its Day But For How Long???????????
Zhang Lei and her parents stop at a small clearing in the woods, an hour’s drive from the city. Clutching a bunch of roses and a white plastic bag, they stop in front of a 4-sq-m tomb, surrounded by a...
View ArticleOne Year Old Has Baby In Stomach
Amazed doctors have found a one-year-old girl is carrying a baby in her stomach. Little Kang Mengru, from China, left medics confused after her belly became grossly enlarged. Doctors carried out a CT...
View Article13 Year Old Put Penis In Ants Nest
Residents of a community in Westmoreland (Jamaica) are still laughing more than one week after a teen had to seek medical attention after he pushed his penis in an ants nest in a desperate attempt to...
View ArticleCocaine Sandwiches Leads To Arrest
Dutch police have arrested two people at Amsterdam’s Schiphol airport for allegedly having hidden three kilograms (6.6 pounds) of cocaine in sandwiches, authorities said Thursday. Inspectors found the...
View ArticleDead Beauty Pageant Camel May Cost Oil Firm $261,000
A Saudi Arabian oil company is reportedly being sued for 160,000 pounds for causing the death of a camel that was a beauty pageant contestant. The camel was grazing in a desert pasture about 150 miles...
View ArticleHome Owner Jailed, Burglar Goes Free
A businessman who fought off knife-wielding thugs after his family was threatened has been jailed for 30 months. The case prompted renewed debate over the level of force that home owners can use...
View ArticleRussian Court Sentences Two Men For Killing Cooking And Eating Schoolgirl
A Russian court sentenced two men to prison for the killing and cannibalism of a school girl. A 21-year-old Goth-rock musician was sentenced to 19 years in a maximum-security prison while his...
View ArticleIndonesia’s Smoking Toddler Cuts Back To 15-a-day
A chain-smoking Indonesian toddler has cut back to 15 cigarettes a day thanks to “therapy focused on playing”, a child welfare official said Tuesday. Two-year-old Ardi Rizal shocked the world when a...
View ArticleMan Eats Cellmate With Onions
A Frenchman went on trial on Monday for allegedly killing his prison cellmate and then slicing open his chest to remove and consume his heart – but mistakenly eating his lung. Nicolas Cocaign, 39,...
View ArticleUS Vets Get Ecstasy to Treat Their PTSD
A pair of psychiatric experts think they’ve got the answer to the soaring number of troops coming back from war with PTSD (Post Traumatic Stress Disorder): have them undergo intensive psychotherapy —...
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