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Thai couples tie the knot in sky-high ceremonies on Valentine's Day

Brave brides and daredevil grooms have taken wedding nerves to a whole new level by getting married suspended high in the air off a cliff in a Valentine's Day "flying" ceremony.

An Arab groom received a shock when he removed his bride's veil on their wedding day - to find she had a beard.

An Arab ambassador escaped married life by a whisker. The diplomat had his marriage instantly annulled after he tried to kiss his veiled bride and discovered she had a beard and was cross-eyed.


Two-inch LEGO gun gets 4th-grader in trouble

A tiny toy led to big trouble for one fourth-grade New York City boy.

The tortoiseshell and white cat spends its days pacing from room to room, rarely spending any time with patients except those with just hours to live

A cat with an uncanny ability to detect when nursing home patients are about to die has proven itself in around 50 cases by curling up with them in their final hours, according to a new book.


Thomas, left, and Scott Moore outside Scott's mum's house in New Mexico

The world's second known "pregnant man" is expecting his first baby with his transgender husband next month.

Now that's a slam trunk! Meet Toktak, the elephant who plays basketball

For many basketball players, achieving a slam dunk involves a mighty leap but this giant of the court has no such trouble.


Haiti earthquake: Miracle of three-week-old baby Eisabeth Joassaint pulled from rubble alive after a week

Swaddled in blankets and peacefully asleep, she is the greatest miracle to emerge from the Haiti earthquake.

Baby The Cat Saves Illinois Family From House Fire, Now Missing

A young couple in Wonder Lake, IL, expecting twins in just two short months, are grateful to be alive after their cat "Baby" saved them and the family dog when a fire started in their home.


Very little and extremely large: Moment the world's smallest man came face-to-knee with the world's tallest man...

It could hardly be called a face-to-face encounter, and conversation must have been a little difficult. But as they met for the first time, Sultan Kosen, the world's tallest man at 8ft 1in, and He PingPing, the world's smallest at 2ft 5.4in, clear...

Douglas Hines said Roxxxy could even have a conversation about Manchester United with her owner.

The world’s first “sex robot”, a life-size rubber doll called Roxxxy who can have real conversations with her owner, including about football, has been unveiled.


British man's penis removed from pipe

A man who went to casualty with his penis stuck in a steel pipe had to be cut free by firefighters using a metal grinder.

Staring into the abyss: Crocodile wrestler Somphop, 22, risks not seeing his 23rd birthday as he puts his head into the crocodile's mouth at Samphran Elephant Ground and Zoo

The daily grind at the office may not seem so bad after viewing these startling images. For, no matter how grumpy your boss may be this morning, at least you aren't actually risking life and limb by sticking your head in his jaws. But that is exac...


Nevada couple left standed for three days by GPS directions

Whether travelling against traffic on a one way-way street or plunging blindly into a river, there have been countless stories of in-car GPS systems leading overly trusting drivers astray. However, a Nevada couple may have been left with some seri...

Bad Santa ho-ho-holds up bank in Nashville

Melbourne Herald Sun 24.12.2009
Bad Santa ho-ho-holds up bank in Nashville

HE may have been dressed all in fur from his head to his foot, but this Santa was no saint. Police in Nashville, Tennessee, said a man wearing a Santa suit - including hat, beard and moustache - and dark sunglasses robbed a SunTrust Bank.


Boston mom calls 911 over son's video game habit

BOSTON – Police say a frustrated Boston woman called 911 to say she couldn't get her 14-year-old son to stop playing video games and go to sleep. Police spokesman Officer Joe Zanoli said Monday the mother called for help around 2:30 a.m. Saturday ...

Brian Thomas with his wife, Christine

LONDON — A British man who said he strangled his wife during a nightmare about fighting off an intruder has been found innocent in her death.


Deputies Find Four-Legged “Burglar”

North Country Gazette 09.11.2009
Deputies Find Four-Legged “Burglar”

PINELLAS COUNTY, FLA—Deputies responded to a residential burglary in progress in the East Lake area of north Pinellas County Saturday about 1 p.m. after a citizen called reporting the window of a neighbor’s house was smashed and the curtains were ...

UC Berkeley students make world-record California sushi roll

BERKELEY, Calif. — It began with ninjas and it ended with tofu, and somewhere in the middle hundreds of amateur sushi rollers set a new world record.


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Hundreds of people have attended a wedding in central Somalia between a man who says he is 112 years old, and his teenage wife.

'Incompetent' Aussie woman caused two fatal crashes at same spot

A FEMALE driver who killed two motorists at the same intersection seven years apart has been criticised as incompetent by a coroner.



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