A small-town German butcher said on Monday he faces steep bills after a wild boar tore through his shop in an hour-long rampage but will at least recover some of his losses by selling slices of the slain beast.
A family holding an Idaho Lottery ticket worth $1 million wasn't taking any chances while traveling from their home in Brigham City,Utah,to claim their winnings in Boise.
Vernon, a small city near Los Angeles, will be deprived of cityhood due to a corruption scandal involving city officials, according to reports here on Sunday.
Fiery food mavens seeking to one-up each other now have to gear up for a whole new test of culinary bravado: the world's hottest chili pepper.
After billions of years the Sun finally has an owner -- a woman from Spain's soggy region of Galicia said Friday she had registered the star at a local notary public as being her property.
About a thousand rats are awaiting adoption in California after being rescued from a house featured on the A&E reality TV show "Hoarders."
Australian researchers on Wednesday found that fish have developed their own mosquito nets in order to get a good night's sleep.
For nearly two decades, a man legally declared dead openly used his real name even when he was arrested on drug, battery and other charges. Now, Thomas Steven Sanders, who went unnoticed by authorities for so long, is behind bars again, accused of kidnapping a Las Vegas girl who turned up dead and a possible suspect in the disappearance and death of her mother.
A Florida car dealership is trying to drum up business is offering an unusual perk for potential used-truck buyers: A free AK-47 assault rifle.
A Polish singer and tabloid celebrity has put up posters of herself stretched out on the sand in a provocative bikini as part of her campaign to win a Warsaw district council seat in municipal elections on Nov 21.
A 48-year-old woman was killed when she was asleep on bed as an SUV crashed into her bedroom in Bolingbrook, a village in Will and DuPage counties of Illinois State near Chicago early Saturday morning, the Chicago Tribune reported.
A Florida woman and her boyfriend have been charged with trying to sell her infant grandson for $30,000.
Polar icebreaker Snow Dragon arrives in Antarctic
Xi's vision on shared future for humanity
UN's top environmental honors go to three in China
German trains collide near Duesseldorf, several people injured
China beats Germany 7-4 in men's curling Olympic qualification
Bayern beat Paris Saint-Germain 3-1 in UEFA Champions League
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