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MOSCOW (Reuters) - A cow which was not in the mood ambled to the top storey of a Siberian apartment building to escape a bull which was, and had to be led back down by firefighters, authorities said. The cow was discovered bellowing on the top of a stairwell in the five-storey building in the village of Lesogorsk last month, …

An anonymous customer at a Denny's restaurant decided to voluntarily pay for the meals of all her fellow diners. "People thought we were joking. She didn't want anybody to know she paid and then she left," Carol Kronberger, a waitress at a Sacramento, Calif., location, told KCRA. "It just put a smile on everyone's faces …

Even by Las Vegas standards, it was a shocking billboard: A mannequin dangling on a hangman's noose below a black sign with the ominous words "Dying for Work."

A photograph of a 19-year-old arthritic dog taking a relaxing dip in Lake Superior has captured the hearts of millions online. The image was posted to Facebook by photographer Hannah Stonehouse Hudson, who wrote: "This 19-year-old [Schoep is] being cradled in his father's arms last night in Lake Superior. Schoep falls asleep …

A video of a three-year-old boy riding a backyard roller coaster built by what he no doubt thinks are the coolest parents ever has been making the rounds online. The video--uploaded to YouTube in February--shows the boy whipping around the makeshift roller coaster as his father, Jon Cain, looks on. The Lancaster, Ohio, …

It's the latest prescription for extreme ultra-Orthodox Jewish men who shun contact with the opposite sex: Glasses that blur their vision, so they don't have to see women they consider to be immodestly dressed.

A four-day Xbox gaming marathon apparently was too much for one 15-year-old Ohio boy.

JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - A South African couple married this week after a bout of unusually cold weather allowed them to fulfil a light-hearted promise to tie the knot the next time Johannesburg was covered in snow. Portuguese emigre Rui Moca and Monique Joubert had planned to wed next year, but when South Africa's biggest …

Officials at Alaska's Katmai National Park & Preserve launched a "Brown Bear & Salmon Cam," in which you can watch bears fish in the Brooks Falls of the Alagnak Wild River. The addictive footage has us at the Sideshow wondering how long it will take for one of the bears to catch a salmon live [...]

A single home in Florida filed 741 different tax returns in a single year, receiving more than $1 million in refunds. The Sun Sentinel says the findings were released in a report issued by the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration. The independent watchdog group oversees the IRS. "The report really underscores …

A man who went streaking after a baseball game at a Wisconsin college last week was arrested after a police dog found him hiding in the woods. According to the police report published Tuesday, the unidentified man--a 20-year-old from Philadelphia--was charged with disorderly conduct and underage drinking after he was nabbed …

MINSK (Reuters) - Two Belarussians have been charged with involvement in a pro-democracy stunt in which a Swedish light aircraft dropped hundreds of teddy bears over Belarus last month, the KGB state security service said on Tuesday. The stunt, mounted by a Swedish public relations company, led to Belarussian President …

Cast aside all fantasies of your house cat frolicking through flower-filled fields in the afternoon sun. When kitty scratches at the door begging to go outside, it's the killing hour. USA Today reports that a study of outdoor feline behavior found that cats kill far more prey than previously believed. Research compiled …

A new poll across seven English-speaking countries has chosen Toad Suck, Arkansas, as having the "most unfortunate" town name in the United States. Toad Suck, an unincorporated community in Perry County, took top dishonors, edging out Climax, Georgia, and Boring, Oregon. The poll was conducted by the genealogy site Findmypast.com, …

LITTLETON, New Hampshire (Reuters) - A Vermont man was arrested after allegedly running over seven police cruisers with a tractor, police said on Friday. Roger Pion, 34, of Newport, Vermont now faces seven counts of unlawful mischief and three other charges after being arrested by state police for crushing cruisers belonging …

LITTLETON, New Hampshire (Reuters) - A Vermont man was arrested after allegedly running over seven police cruisers with a tractor, police said on Friday. Roger Pion, 34, of Newport, Vermont now faces seven counts of unlawful mischief and three other charges after being arrested by state police for crushing cruisers belonging …

ISTANBUL (Reuters) - A photograph of U.S. President Barack Obama holding a baseball bat while talking on the phone to Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan was intended to show their close relationship, a White House spokeswoman said, after the photo caused a stir in Turkey. The two leaders spoke on Monday to discuss the …

ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Four Pakistani policemen have been suspended after allegedly parading a man and two women naked in a town in the deeply conservative Muslim country, police officials said on Sunday. It was unclear clear why the three were naked while being escorted to the police station in the southern town of Gambat …

LONDON (Reuters) - The sound of thwacks resonated around the Olympic diving pool on Monday, with the powerful Chinese showing that even they are not infallible. An evening of dramatic flops and mighty splashes during the men's three-meter springboard heats was capped by the unexpected sight of world champion and runaway …

MIAMI (Reuters) - Grenada's prime minister declared a half-holiday on Tuesday and gave the entire island the afternoon off to celebrate runner Kirani James' Olympic gold medal in the men's 400 meter race. It was the first Olympic medal ever won by an athlete from the tiny southeast Caribbean island of Grenada, which has …

LONDON (Reuters) - London Olympic organisers are investigating how a bucket of Australian-tagged condoms found its way into the athletes' village without official consent. Australian BMX cyclist Caroline Buchanan tweeted a photograph from the athletes' village of a container of condoms with a placard reading "Kangaroos …

LONDON (Reuters) - British pay television broadcaster BSkyB will launch a new 24-hour channel dedicated to showing James Bond films on repeat in October to mark the 50th anniversary of the Bond franchise, the company said on Tuesday. The channel, to be called Sky Movies 007, will show 22 original Bond films in high definition …

A new aerial study has found that tree loss is six times higher in areas that are home to elephants. "Previous field studies gave us important clues that elephants are a key driver of tree losses, but our airborne 3-D mapping approach was the only way to fully understand the impacts of elephants across a [...]

A New Jersey man whose Twitter handle—StC—is also the initials of a Saudi Arabian telecommunications company has attracted thousands Saudi followers on the micro messaging service. Chris Rowland—a 44-year-old programmer and web developer who goes by his college nickname, St. Chris—has been @StC on Twitter since March 2007.  …