Bottoms up! Queen mistakenly sent 2000 pints of beer
The Queen was mistakenly sent 2000 pints of beer when one of her royal residences was confused with a nearby pub.
Another life for cat as firefighter gives it mouth-to-mouth
A lucky cat owes one of its nine lives to a US firefighter who revived it with mouth-to-mouth resuscitation.
Man suffocates after getting stuck in window
An Ohian locked out of his apartment tried to climb through a window, got stuck and suffocated.
Fugitive kangaroo sparks chase in German town
A rogue kangaroo boxed its way out of its enclosure in a small German town and set off a chase with baffled emergency responders, the local fire brigade said on Tuesday.
Fish flies out of lake, breaks teenager's jaw
A teenager's jaw was broken when a fish flew from the lake where he was riding in an inner tube and smacked him in the face.
Elephant cured in rehab of heroin addiction
An elephant addicted to heroin at the hands of illegal traders will return home tomorrow after a three year rehab program, Chinese media said.
Playing didgeridoo could cause infertility
Australian girls have been warned that playing the didgeridoo could lead to infertility as a consequence of messing with "men's business".
Brit spots cremated dad on TV
A British man saw his father on a television show - five years after he thought he had been cremated.
Cross-dressing thief leaves fake breast behind
Police in Port St. Lucie, Florida in the United States are on the lookout for a cross-dressing man who snatched a 74-year-old woman's handbag.
Nigerian to divorce 82 of 86 wives
An 84-year-old man with 86 wives and 170 children accepts Islamic divorce order.
Still on owner, Virgin Mary tattoo fetches $258,000
A Swiss man has sold an elaborate Virgin Mary tattoo on his back to a German collector, with the understanding it can be exhibited three times yearly, a Zurich gallery said on Monday.
New scales of justice for sick goldfish
Want to get rid of your goldfish? Swiss owners who have been flushing them down the toilet - still alive - must now find other methods since strict new animal protection laws took effect today.
Two-headed baby born in Bangladesh
Thousands of people gathered at a clinic in western Bangladesh see a double-headed baby boy born to a farm worker, media reports said.
Poster nuns vie for 'Miss Sister Italy' title
The first beauty pageant for nuns debuts next month with the advent of "Miss Sister Italy," aimed at erasing a stereotype of nuns as being old and sad, a newspaper reported today.
North Korea develops special anti-hunger noodle: report
North Korea is reportedly claiming it has developed a new kind of noodle that makes people feel full longer than ordinary food.
Handcuffed for failing to return library books
A Wisconsin woman has been arrested and booked for failing to pay her library fines. Heidi Dalibor, 20, told the News Graphic in Cedarburg, USA, she ignored the library's calls and letters as well as a notice to appear in court.
Pigeon in custody for smuggling drugs
Bosnian police have impounded a pigeon after discovering prisoners used it to smuggle drugs into one of the country's highest security jails.
Taller, shorter, hairier
China is today gloating over another world record that places it firmly in the big league .... or tall league, to be exact.
Police seize world's fastest office chair
German police have confiscated what may be the world's fastest office chair.
Baby found alive after six hours in morgue
Doctors in Israel say a premature baby girl declared stillborn was found to be alive - after six hours in a hospital morgue refrigerator.
