- U.S. pins wiener-eating hopes on Chestnut (AP)
- Estonians reign at wife-carrying championships (Reuters)
- Cubs fans pelt field after Pierzynski HR (AP)
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- Jamaica decides not to give out condoms in prisons (Reuters)
- Shanghai's signature knock-off market shuts doors (Reuters)
- Bad American bosses exposed in rash of tell-alls (Reuters)
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- Docs remove 119 nails from woman's stomach (AP)
- Utah police officer cited for DUI resigns (AP)
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- Hospital has 6 sets of twins in 32 hours (AP)
- Letter carrier keeps mail at her apartment (AP)
- Warren Buffett lunch sells for $620,100 (Reuters)
- World Cup rant reborn as ring tone (Reuters)
- I only think about passing not scoring -Ronaldinho (Reuters)
- Canadian sisters claim boys' hockey discriminates (Reuters)
- Police find skeleton in Cleveland home (AP)
- Utah highway patrol chief cited for DUI (AP)
- China announcer's World Cup rant reborn as ring tone (Reuters)
- 'Rat man' says 'nature' overwhelmed him (AP)
- Boater rescued twice in the same spot (AP)
- Cleveland police find skeleton in bed (AP)
- Bush and Koizumi sing diplomatic duet (AP)
- Alaska district tries selling school on eBay (Reuters)
- Cannon practice upsets Texas neighborhood (AP)
- N.M. courthouse workers endure pigeon poo (AP)
- Pa. workers remove puppy from sewer pipe (AP)
- Drive-thru pot smoke gives pair away (AP)
- Pig who posed as Wilbur gets reprieve (AP)
- Operation removes lightbulb from anus (Reuters)
- Dubai embezzler busted for posing as Brad Pitt (Reuters)
- Woman auctions herself with her Ferrari (Reuters)
- Man pulls TV from house fire to watch soccer (Reuters)
- Argentina tax man hits soccer fan where it hurts (Reuters)
- Then we play "Here Comes the Bride" on harmonica... (Reuters)
- Woman gets 27 months in $1.5M embezzlement (AP)
- Superbug outbreaks linked to unlicensed tattooing (Reuters)
- Court rules hookers must have tax number (Reuters)
- Are flip-flops damaging your career? (Reuters)
- Home chemistry gag cooks up Internet fame (AP)
- School board flip-flops on flip-flops (AP)
- 50 yuan for breath of "World Cup air" (Reuters)
- Embezzler busted for posing as Brad Pitt (Reuters)
- Operation to remove light bulb from inmate's anus (Reuters)
- Man pulls TV from house fire to watch match (Reuters)
- Man pays $10 fine with cleaned-up check (AP)
- World Cup has truly captive audience at Guantanamo (Reuters)
- Bear flees for 2nd time before neutering (AP)
- Gun amnesty uncovers attic rocket launcher (Reuters)
- Something fishy in Kentucky waters (AP)
- Compulsive Pa. shopper gets 27 months (AP)
- Man gets 30 months for biting agent (AP)
- Argentina tax man hits football fan where it hurts (Reuters)
- Custody battle looms over New Orleans dogs (Reuters)
- Halt! Or I'll shoot you with my pawn shop ticket! (Reuters)
- Hirst's iconic pickled shark is rotting (Reuters)
- Woman in auctions herself with her Ferrari (Reuters)
- Then we play "Here Comes the Bride" on harmonica... (Reuters)
- Dell investigating exploding laptop incident (Reuters)
- Hungarian court rules hookers must have tax number (Reuters)
- Outlandish Mattek socks it to Venus (Reuters)
- Putin kisses boy on the stomach (Reuters)
- "Professional" wet nurse feeds moral outrage (Reuters)
- Host clubs provide ersatz love for a price (Reuters)
- Spirit of Elvis still lives in Japan fans' hearts (Reuters)
- German players take target practice to extremes (Reuters)
- Poor police pawn guns (Reuters)
- Foreigner among Terracotta tomb builders (Reuters)
- Vt. man creates the backyard Zamboni (AP)
- Bear tries to get through kitchen window (AP)
- Officials criticize 'Hooters for Neuters' (AP)
- Man may get jail for ticket expletive (AP)
- LSU streaker ordered to pay $1,624 (AP)
- Woman gets severed finger in the mail (AP)
- CORRECTED: Photographer snaps America's past in today's scenes (Reuters)
- Photographer snaps America's past in today's scenes (Reuters)
- 'Testosterone' comment angers Mass. police (AP)
- Miss. woman makes priceless Katrina find (AP)
- 'Superhero' tells fans not to imitate stunts (Reuters)
- Pakistani chicken diners turn finger-orderin' good (Reuters)
- Church organs saved from EU threat (Reuters)
- Demanding rights for great apes (Reuters)
- Think maybe these women want to buy some stuff? (Reuters)
- Mass. lawmaker drops opposition to Fluff (AP)
- Fake cops steal 100 kg of cocaine from Milan lab (Reuters)
- Twinkie Burritos? Twinkie Lasagna? (AP)
- Quitting politics Timor-style -- via SMS (Reuters)
- Crossword puzzle fans get their own movie (Reuters)
- Mascot demoted for acting the goat on parade (Reuters)
- Baseball fans can show support in afterlife (Reuters)
- Fan forgets hotel location in six-hour ordeal (Reuters)
- Wimbledon gets Ralph Lauren makeover (Reuters)
- How is dingo urine gathered? Carefully, study says (Reuters)
- Python becomes longest on display in U.S. (AP)
- N.D. woman catches piranha in reservoir (AP)
- Man, Henrietta the chicken best buddies (AP)
- Chewing tobacco in noodles sickens 30 (AP)
- Teen burns down house over test grades (Reuters)
- Versace cheers for show-stopping World Cup (Reuters)
- Americans' circle of close friends shrinking (Reuters)
- Bank manager, girl friend's robbery bid foiled (Reuters)
- Aggressive peacocks ruffle Texas feathers (AP)
- After Pitt/Jolie, Namibia plans biggest barbecue (Reuters)
- Fla. man wrongly fined for feeding squirrels (AP)
- Boy George scolded for ducking NY community service (Reuters)
- Boy George scolded for ducking community service (Reuters)
- Pelicans held on suspicion of being drunk (Reuters)
- 'Penny jar' stops bullet fired at NYC home (AP)
- Boy Scouts foil arson attempt in Calif. (AP)
- Superstitious Metzelder faces itchy time of it (Reuters)
- Headscarved men mix up Milan fashion week (Reuters)
- Scientists unearth key to dodo's past (Reuters)
- Man says he's on heroin to avoid jury duty (AP)
- Comcast employee sleeps during house call (AP)
- Wimbledon gets Ralph Lauren makeover (Reuters)
- Indian "superhero" tells fans not to imitate stunts (Reuters)
- Lightning strike kills Russian soccer player (Reuters)
- Quitting politics Timor-style -- via SMS (Reuters)
- Japanese look to export octopus dumplings (AP)
- Police capture gator on Long Island lawn (AP)
- Police capture alligator _ on Long Island (AP)
- Calif. pelicans held on suspicion of being drunk (Reuters)
- British army demotes mascot goat, Billy (AP)
- Baseball fans can show support in afterlife (Reuters)
- Mascot demoted for acting the goat on parade (Reuters)
- Possibly drunk pelican hits windshield (AP)
- Zookeeper uses pouch to raise wallaby (AP)
- Couple allegedly stealing patrol car (AP)
- Man gobbles down 22 hot dogs in 12 minutes (AP)
- Man on mini-motorcycle leads cops on chase (AP)
- Zookeeper fosters wallaby with pouch (AP)
- Wash. suffers with portable potty shortage (AP)
- Man rescued after climbing tree for cat (AP)
- Man with faulty penile implant gets $400K (AP)
- Sheriff's deputy mistakes pistol for Taser (AP)
- You betcha, that's my boy! Dad cashes in on goal (Reuters)
- Woman seeking license sends car into canal (AP)
- Musician's ashes buried in clarinet (AP)
- N.H. police warn of chubby beach flasher (AP)
- Lost Austrian masterpiece surfaces -- briefly (Reuters)
- Fan forgets hotel location in six-hour ordeal (Reuters)
- Mobile phone users warned of lightning strike risk (Reuters)
- Warhol's wig sells for $10,800 at NY auction (Reuters)
- Think your office is a zoo? Companies go pet-friendly (Reuters)
- "Fluff" flies in school lunch debate (Reuters)
- Well, there's your problem right there (Reuters)
- Pilfering deaf war hero is NZ's oldest prisoner (Reuters)
- Excitement blamed for 3 deaths in China (Reuters)
- U.S. fan forgets hotel location (Reuters)
- Saddam ends hunger strike after missing one meal (Reuters)
- Beijing curbs disco to cramp "crazy" drug takers (Reuters)
- Bizarre twin crashes kill doctors and police (Reuters)
- Bank manager and lover's robbery bid foiled (Reuters)
- Referee, you're a *%?*&! Fans find a common lingo (Reuters)
- Extra-picky pandas given their space (Reuters)
- Mobile phone users warned of lightning risk (Reuters)
- Highway robbers show leap of inspiration (Reuters)
- Fla. police end dirty 'grills' dentistry (AP)
- Officials seek 'Enormous Ears Bandit' (AP)
- Gator lunges at man delivering newspapers (AP)
- Police clock man on motorcycle at 142 mph (AP)
- Man's bottle message found after his death (AP)
- Clerk gets 6 months for soda urination (AP)
- Crossword puzzle fans get their own movie (Reuters)
- More younger workers than old take supplies (Reuters)
- Worker flicks wrong switch, costs Nova $11 mln (Reuters)
- Beware of conmen in UK, Nigeria tells citizens (Reuters)
- Humane Society seeks NY foie gras production ban (Reuters)
- Well, there's your problem right there (Reuters)
- Toilet cleaners are 'restroom specialists' (AP)
- You betcha, that's my boy! Dad cashes in on goal (Reuters)
- "Fluff" flies in school lunch debate (Reuters)
- Lost Austrian masterpiece surfaces -- briefly (Reuters)
- Pilfering deaf war hero is NZ's oldest prisoner (Reuters)
- Falling Japan birth rate due to lack of sex (Reuters)
- What election? Mexico engrossed in football drama (Reuters)
- N.H. police warn of chubby beach flasher (AP)
- Football-mad monks too tired to take alms (Reuters)
- Humane Society seeks foie gras production ban (Reuters)
- Woman seeking license sends car into canal (AP)
- Beer burglar's snoring leads police to him (AP)
- Newspaper endorses Nevada pot initiative (AP)
- U.S. gun owners accuse U.N. of July 4 conspiracy (Reuters)
- Musician's ashes buried in clarinet (AP)
- Police: Drunk driver nearly blew up engine (AP)
- Finger on wrong button costs company millions (Reuters)
- Weeble overcome some day, insist Japan fans (Reuters)
- Think your office is a zoo? Companies go pet-friendly (Reuters)
- "Fluff" flies in U.S. school lunch debate (Reuters)
- Parents pinch pennies from piggy banks (Reuters)
- Uganda police ban playing pool in the daytime (Reuters)
- Excitement blamed for 3 deaths in China (Reuters)
- No plans for repeat final between world's worst (Reuters)
- New York City tops in courtesy, says Reader's Digest (Reuters)
- Fla. restaurant sells $100 hamburger (AP)
- Soccer-mad monks too tired to take alms (Reuters)
- Excitement blamed for three deaths (Reuters)
- Soccer-mad Thai monks too tired to take alms (Reuters)
- Wife accused in swordplay death of husband (Reuters)
- Tailing a monkey man in search of healing powers (Reuters)
- Doctors probe heart attack risk for soccer fans (Reuters)
- Man arrested after "nightmare" high-speed drive (Reuters)
- Pedophiles ordered out of hostels near schools (Reuters)
- All work and no play for government? (Reuters)
- Afghan street football team heads to Germany (Reuters)
- Reunion group finds $50,000 in bank (AP)
- Microsoft sees future in robots (Reuters)
- Man tries to pay with bartender's checks (AP)
- Nose spray lowers stress during spats (Reuters)
- Fluffernutter sandwich angers Mass. senator (AP)
- Man finds wife's ring at NJ garbage dump (AP)
- Bailey the beaver's teeth grow back (AP)
- Treed bears draw crowds in northern Maine (AP)
- Dog craving doughnuts blamed for fire (AP)
- Bear repellent causes scare at Canada bank (Reuters)
- Judge spares life of Lewis the Cat (AP)
- With elves sacked, Santa makes a profit (Reuters)
- Lawyer objects to young age of jurors (AP)
- Scotsman places monster World Cup bet on England (Reuters)
- Giant eco-flower is urban oasis for Londoners (Reuters)
- For once, a bad boss could be a good thing... (Reuters)
- Cheaters score high marks for ingenuity (Reuters)
- Shops still selling knives to children (Reuters)
- Make-up artists surprise primetime news (Reuters)
- Tailing a monkey man in search of healing powers (Reuters)
- Next mission for Tom Cruise: shooting in Tokyo? (Reuters)
- Wife accused in swordplay death of husband (Reuters)
- China exam cheats score high marks for ingenuity (Reuters)
- Hargreaves gets prime ministerial backing (Reuters)
- Exam cheats score high marks for ingenuity (Reuters)
- Phoney Chinese army general gets life for fraud (Reuters)
- Grenade-shaped belt buckle causes stir (AP)
- Beagle to be awarded for saving owner (AP)
- Teens hang dead opossum from overpass (AP)
- N.C. dog waste: Almost half don't clean up (AP)
- Bear eats oatmeal in woman's kitchen (AP)
- Man arrested after "nightmare" high-speed drive (Reuters)
- No more Spanish inquisitions for U.S. (Reuters)
- Make-up artists surprise Russian primetime news (Reuters)
- Doctors probe heart attack risk for soccer fans (Reuters)
- All work and no play for government? (Reuters)
- Pedophiles ordered out of hostels near schools (Reuters)
- Pregnant pause as Moms wait for baby bonus (Reuters)
- Animal rights protest shuts restaurant (Reuters)
- Bomb squad mobilized over six-pack of beer (Reuters)
- Sanctuary offers safe haven to Conn. cat (AP)
- The crook, the police, the wife and her ticket (Reuters)
- Pregnant pause as Aussie mums wait for baby bonus (Reuters)