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Lost the plot? Woman banned from selling bits of the Sun takes ebay to court
A woman who was banned from selling plots on the Sun on eBay has won the right to take the auction site to court. Maria Duran has been claiming ownership...
Burning issue: TV reporter has cigarette stubbed out on her face outside court
An Australian woman has been charged with public nuisance after she allegedly stubbed her lit cigarette on a TV news reporter’s face outside a courthouse.
The write one: Essay contest winner wins Maine country inn
A woman who ran a Maine country inn for more than two decades can retire now that she’s found a new owner through an essay contest.
Hello Kitty and Minnie Mouse released on bail after brawl in Times Square
Hello Kitty and Minnie Mouse have been released from prison following a fight in New York’s Times Square – the latest fracas involving the...
Fancy a lunch with Warren Buffett? That’ll be $2.3M
A Chinese company that develops online games bid more than $2.3 million Friday to win a private lunch with Warren Buffett. Beijing-based Dalian Zeus...
Pasta joke: Roadside ‘spaghetti piles’ were actually thousands of worms
Texas park rangers were astonished to come across weird clumps of worms, which they initially mistook for spaghetti, in the middle of a road. The...
Living dead come out to play in Spanish zombie games
As night falls in a small Spanish village, horror movie fan Noelia Vacias prepares for a night as a zombie invasion survivor, her eyes glowing white from...
Fawlty sight? Medics use basil to tempt one-inch worm out of a boy’s eye
Doctors have used basil to help remove a worm from a boy’s eye that had been in there for around a month. The 17-year-old arrived at the National...
The Queen’s not dead: BBC tweet deleted after reporter’s phone hacked
A BBC journalist caused panic when she tweeted that Queen Elizabeth had been hospitalised - and was dead. The tweets - that have now been deleted...
Tall tail: Lightning strikes World Trade Center during violent thunderstorm
Residents of New York were treated to a spectacular light show when lightning struck the top of One World Trade Center during a thunderstorm.
Tail tail: Lightning strikes World Trade Center during violent thunderstorm
Residents of New York were treated to a spectacular light show when lightning struck the top of One World Trade Center during a thunderstorm.
Road to success: Nonagenarian breaks marathon world record
A 92-year-old cancer survivor rocked her way into the record books Sunday, becoming the oldest woman to finish a marathon.
‘God’ proves his existence in court battle with credit rating agency
A Russian-born man whose first name is God has settled a lawsuit with a credit reporting agency that had refused to recognise his name as legitimate.
Kenyan offers 50 cows, 30 goats, 70 sheep to marry Malia Obama
Since he set his eyes on U.S. President Barack Obama’s oldest daughter, Malia, a Kenyan lawyer has been hoping it would turn out to be a match made...
VIDEO: Slowest car chase ever? Drug dealer on the ‘run’ from police at 10mph
A suspected drug dealer found himself swarmed by a SWAT team after leading police on a snail’s-pace car chase through parts of Texas. Footage...
Man’s best friend: Police dog saves cop from ambush on dark road
A Mississippi police dog is being hailed as a hero after saving an officer from being dragged into woods during a night-time ambush on a deserted road.
Bones found in California belong to Swedish girl missing 30 years
Bones found in the Northern California foothills have been identified as belonging to a Swedish exchange student who went missing more than 33 years ago,...
Chinese man creates a buzz in world record-breaking ‘bee suit’
A Chinese beekeeper has set a new Guinness World Record by covering himself with 109.05kg (17st 2oz) of crawling bees.
Woman uses obituary to say Brady innocent in ‘Deflategate’
A Massachusetts woman has used her own obituary to convey a final message on Tom Brady and the New England Patriots’ “Deflategate” scandal.
Massive sinkhole 80-feet wide opens up on Missouri golf course
Golfers had to deal with a spectacular divot after a 35-feet deep sinkhole appeared on a course in the U.S.
Could another English king be buried under parked cars?
Just three years after the extraordinary discovery of King Richard III under parking lot, researchers think another medieval English monarch might be found...
Could another English king be buried beneath a car park?
Just three years after the extraordinary discovery of King Richard III under a car park, researchers think another medieval English monarch might be found...
Could another English king be buried under a car park?
Just three years after the extraordinary discovery of King Richard III under a car park, researchers think another medieval English monarch might be found...
Halo goodbye? Ring around the sun leaves people fearing end of the world
Was it a UFO? A sign that the end is nigh? A rainbow-like halo surrounded the sun over Mexico City on Thursday, an optical phenomenon that triggered...
I am the walrus: Alaska’s popular wildlife cam is back after a decade
A popular webcam showing large male Pacific walruses lying on the beach with a Hitchcockian number of seabirds flying overhead is once again streaming...
Alaska’s popular walrus cam is back after a decade
A popular webcam showing large male Pacific walruses lying on the beach with a Hitchcockian number of seabirds flying overhead is once again streaming...
Fo’ shizzle: Scrabble stays dench and not ridic with obvs new words
Some may think it is ridic, but the evolution of language means that Scrabble has to keep up to stay dench — obvs.
LOLZ: Scrabble stays dench, not ridic with obvs new words - and no shizzle
Some may think it is ridic but the evolution of language means that Scrabble has to keep up to stay dench - obvs. Lolz, shizzle and cakehole are among...
Kim Jong-Un leaves terrapin farmers shell-shocked
North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un left managers shell-shocked during an angry visit to a terrapin farm.
84-year-old tycoon tumbles off the podium while presenting trophies
An Australian billionaire silenced a booing crowd when he fell off stage on to his head while presenting a football trophy. Football Federation Australia...
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