Man 'scales' 24 floors to stab ex-lover
A Hong Kong man scaled 24 floors to stab an ex-girlfriend repeatedly as she slept before abseiling down to make a pre-dawn escape, a newspaper reported on Thursday.
Woman 'bites off boyfriend's lip'
A woman bit off her ex-boyfriend's lower lip as they were kissing in bed, likely disfiguring him permanently, authorities said.
Eight-limbed Lakshmi 'doing fine'
Toddler Lakshmi is stable as a marathon operation to separate her from a conjoined twin goes on.
Cow falls 60m onto couple's van
A US couple got a big surprise when a cow fell off a cliff and landed on their minivan.
Snake man sets bizarre new record
Another day, another bizarre world record for Jackie Bibby, "The Texas Snake Man." Bibby spent about 45 minutes in a see-through bathtub with 87 rattlesnakes Monday, shattering his own record by 12 snakes just in time for Guinness World Records Day, which is Thursday. The record was certified by a Guinness official.
Arab man raised as girl tells of life as a wife
In the Middle East, cultural norms can blind people to the glaringly obvious, as Hussein found.
Crocodile spends night in cell after snapping at anglers
A feisty crocodile spent the night behind bars at the cop shop in a remote Northern Territory mining town after it "had a go" at some fishermen.
Flying high: 100-year-old's world record attempt
A British pensioner marked her 100th birthday by setting what is believed to be a new world record on Wednesday after paragliding from the top of a mountain range in Cyprus.
Kangaroo on the loose ... in Denmark
Danish police appealed for public help today to track down a kangaroo that escaped from its owner's home in Copenhagen.
Restaurant sold dog meat as lamb: police
A Chinese restaurant in Moscow is being investigated for butchering stray dogs and selling the meat to diners as lamb, Russian police say.
Ouch: strongman pulls helicopter with his ear
Georgian athlete Lasha Pataraia might not be the strongest man on earth but he may have the strongest ears.
Nude sleepwalkers set off alarm for UK hotel chain
A surge in naked sleepwalking among guests has led one of Britain's largest budget hotel groups to re-train staff to handle late-night nudity.
700-year-old church on the move
A 700-year-old church began its slow journey to a new home on Thursday at two kmh, on a huge flatbed trailer, leaving behind an eastern German village being turned over to open-pit coal mining.
Barmaid fined for crushing beer cans between breasts
Showing patrons she could crush beer cans between her exposed breasts has cost a West Australian barmaid $1000.
Car toilet to end crises in traffic jams
If you're stuck in traffic when Mother Nature calls, Japan's Kaneko Sangyo Co has developed the loo for you.
Police warned to stop visiting brothels while on duty
Police patrolling the red-light district of the Belgian capital have been ordered to stop visiting brothels and drinking in bars when on duty.
Elderly woman in wheelchair takes motorway shortcut
An 81-year-old German woman driving to a cemetery in her electric wheelchair decided to take a shortcut and drove the wrong way down a motorway.
Glam grannies vie for pageant crown in Brooklyn
Pageantry proved ageless as a bevy of Brooklyn grannies competed in the sixth annual Your Highness Grandmother Beauty contest.
Parrot saying 'hello' wakes man who shoots burglar
A parrot saying "hello" woke his Texas owner up to find, and then shoot, a burglar in his garage, local media reports.
Doc raided cache for liquor drip
Whisky, vodka, scotch and Bacardi rum used to treat poisoned patient.
