Video catches Russian president in driving gaffe
2011-06-30 10:34:04
Memo to Russian President Dmitry Medvedev: next time you plunge into a crowd, don't forget to park your car first.
Cameroon bans night-time travel
2011-06-29 17:16:48
Cameroon has banned night-time public transport between cities after a spate of deadly accidents last year, many involving heavy drinking on the country's infamously poor roads.
Humanity may meet aliens by 2031
2011-06-29 09:37:36
Russian scientists expect humanity to encounter alien civilizations within the next two decades, a top Russian astronomer predicted on Monday.
Woman sprays police with breast milk
2011-06-29 09:29:35
A lactating US woman was arrested and charged with disorderly conduct after she sprayed sheriff's deputies with breast milk as they tried to remove her from a vehicle, police said on Monday.
Australian boy knocked unconscious by whale
2011-06-27 16:03:03
A humpback whale has hit a dinghy with its tail off Australia's coast, knocking a 13-year-old boy unconscious and breaking his collar bone.
Obama's signature: Real or autopenned?
2011-06-27 09:38:08
It's the open secret that nobody in government wants to talk about: That cherished presidential signature that's tucked away in a scrapbook.
Teenage survives 2nd plane crash
2011-06-26 11:11:52
A 16-year-old high school basketball player with the promise of playing at the University of Michigan is fighting for his life.
US lets man fly wearing women's panties
2011-06-23 07:34:24
Days before a college football player was arrested on a US Airways flight at San Francisco airport following a dispute over his saggy pants.
Ukraine zoo a bad matchmaker for hippopotamus
2011-06-22 20:07:43
The zoo employees were surprised to find out that a 20-year-old hippopotamus they thought was male turned out to be a female. Employees became suspicious after the hippopotamus ignored its new female cohabitant Lucinda, brought from Israel to make a couple, according to local media.
Lost way? Antarctic penguin makes rare NZ stop
2011-06-21 17:59:41
A young Emperor penguin took a rare wrong turn from the Antarctic and ended up stranded on a New Zealand beach _ the first time in 44 years the aquatic bird has been sighted in the South Pacific country.
I'm furry worried!
2011-06-21 20:34:18
This prairie dog looked the picture of concern when she stepped out of the safety of her burrow. The worrisome creature was almost humanlike as she put her tiny paw to her mouth in what appears to be shock.
UK farmer sprays sheep with adverts
2011-06-20 21:51:17
Sheep painted with the logo of a turf company graze in a field at Mill Hill Farn near Richmond, northern England June 20, 2011.
