Elizabeth Conklin, 73 (pictured center), believes self-titled professional surfer Jill Hansen, 30 (pictured right), was trying to steal her car when she allegedly mowed her down in Honolulu on Wednesday. Still recovering in hospital from multiple injuries, Conklin thanked the worker that smashed the back window of Hansen's Volkswagen, pictured inset right, during the attack - causing her to flee - with saving her life. Hansen, who posted a picture of a BMW (pictured left) on her Facebook page straight after the incident, was later arrested and charged with attempted murder.

Maple Grove, Minnesota, police started to search the family home of Amy Sue Pagnac, where her mother and step-father still live, around 9 a.m. Sunday and were expected to remain at the site, bottom left, until Friday. Officials would not reveal what sparked the new search, but no one has been taken into custody and no suspects have been named in the case. Amy's mother, Sue Pagnac and her step-father, Marshall Midden, were asked to leave the house as a crowd of neighbors gathered. The 13-year-old was last seen sitting in the passengers seat of her non-biological father's car at the Holiday Gas Station, bottom right, while he went to the restroom.

GRAPHIC CONTENT WARNING: Beneath the Baroque mansions and iconic squares of central Bucharest, Romania, lies a second city that no tourist gets to see - an underground kingdom of outcasts and drug addicts living in the city's vast network of sewers. Here, everyone is HIV-positive and a quarter have TB, yet they are left to rot in the darkness, huddling against heating pipes and snorting glue to stay warm.

Photos inside the estates designed by Bunny Mellon reveal the exquisite and inspired tastes in home and garden decor that made her the apple in Jackie Kennedy's eye. Mellon, who died in March at 103, was well-known for many things including her celebrated 1963 redesign of the White House's already beloved Rose Garden. The horticulturist and designer was a longtime friend of Kennedy's and is said to have been the fashionable first lady's greatest influence in matters of interior design.

Every year, thousands gather in Pauls Valley, Oklahoma for the truly odd Okie Noodling Contest: the culmination of 24 frantic hours where brave folks from across the region get wet and muddy as they shove their fists into lakes and rivers in the hopes they'll pull it back out with a prizewinning catfish. The bizarre sport, which pits bikini-clad babes against weathered old southern gentlemen and everyone, goes by a few names including catfish fisting, cat-fisting, handfishing and noodling. But regardless of what you call it, it boils down to one thing.Who can nab the biggest monster among the titan freshwater fish?

Police were called to break up a fight between figure skating champion Johnny Weir and his husband Victor Voronov, left, on Saturday night in the latest chapter of the couple's tumultuous relationship. Weir allegedly attacked his husband of two years at their New Jersey home following a fight over text messages. Voronov is said to have told police on Sunday that Weir found proof his partner had been 'badmouthing him' and lashed out, scratching Voronov's knee, hand and wrist, top and bottom right. The incident comes just 12 days after the pair announced on Twitter that their on-off relationship was back on again.

In its heyday, the Pontiac Silverdome in Pontiac, Michigan, hosted the Super Bowl, a pope, the NBA finals, Led Zeppelin, Elvis, WrestleMania and dozens of other world-class acts and sporting events. It's most recent use, however, was as a three-screen drive-in movie theater. That, of course, was in the years before the stadium was auctioned off piece-by-piece and abandoned. Now, what once was one of the premier venues in the world is a tattered, empty reminder of the stadium's memorable past - and of the dismal economy in Michigan.

Ryker Wixom from Los Angeles, California - who is styled by his mother Collette - appears in shots juxtaposed alongside celebrities, male models and fashion bloggers, cooly copying their poses. But instead of high-priced threads rocked by the likes of Ryan Gosling and Pharrell Williams, little Ryker models pieces from more affordable brands including Gap, H&M;, Target, Old Navy and Zara.

Survivors and families of the victims of the September 11 tragedy are outraged over the souvenirs which will be on sale at the 9/11 Memorial Museum gift shop. Tasteless items available to purchase include toy rescue dogs, mugs and even glass ornaments. The news comes as 8,000 unidentified remains were recently moved to a tomb beneath the museum.

Marcus Crossland and his wife Emily (left) spoke to Today on Monday after a video emerged earlier this month of the father kicking his son Dino off of a 13ft platform (main) in Jacksonville, Florida, causing the child to howl in pain. Mr Crossland said on Monday: 'It was a bonehead decision. It was an effort to help him but it didn't come across that way... I'm sorry I used that tactic as opposed to another.'

Police arrested Carol Fedigan (pictured top) after the accident Saturday night at Sammamish Lake, Washington, after they came to suspect she was driving under the influence. Ms Fedigan's husband, David Walker, 70, (bottom right) was inside the house when she smashed through the living room. He was killed. Her daughter Megan Berry and son-in-law Sean Berry were on the back porch. They were were run over by the speeding car and are currently in critical condition at Harborview Medical Center.

A quick-witted young boy made the play of the game to impress a cute girl behind him during a Saturday baseball game. The young Texas Rangers fan caught the foul ball and coolly turned to the girl behind him and handed her a baseball - but it was not the foul ball. He won over the girl and the crowd while still keeping the game ball.

An Alaskan abuse victim who was beaten with a shovel and left to sleep outside by his adoptive parents more than a decade ago has won a $1 million settlement from state child services. T.J White, 20, (pictured center) was awarded the sum on Friday following Alaska's Office of Child Services decision to place him with Anchorage couple Patrick and Sherry Kelley (both pictured) in 2000 - despite repeated complaints from his immediate family about abuse.

Synthia Nath thought she was a winner at the Face Of Beauty International awards. That was until organisers told her there had been an 'honest mistake' and that 'another Indian girl' had actually won the pageant category for most photogenic. In an embarrassing series of events, the New Zealand Herald reports that the 19-year-old Fijian native was first told to raise $3000 to travel to Turkey for the Miss Globe International pageant after winning her local crown at the Face Of Beauty International event in Papakura on May 10.

The undated picture was released by the North Korean's official news agency which said that the photo shows the 31-year-old touring a hospital specialising in the treatment of soldiers and their families, at an undisclosed location in North Korea.

The couple are on a three-and-a-half-day tour of the country, taking in six towns and cities and undertaking a staggering 41 public engagements. The official welcome ceremony took place in the Grand Parade, a historic military parade square dating from the founding of Halifax in 1749. Charles watched as he was afforded full military honours by the Canadian Armed Forces (top right). The prince also honoured Canadian military service by laying a wreath at the cenotaph to mark the 100th anniversary of the Great War and 75th anniversary of World War II. Bottom right, Shubenacadie First Nation Elder Doug Knockwood salutes the arrival of the royal couple in Halifax.

Eloy Teruel (left) screamed and pumped his fists in the air as he crossed what he thought was the finishing line of the prestigious event's seventh stage in Pasadena. But his unbridled joy quickly turned to humiliation as it became apparent that Saturday's race wasn't over. In the end Teruel finished a lowly 56th, with stage victory going to Peter Sagan (bottom right). The overall winner was Britain's Bradley Wiggins (top right).

Patty and Brian Martel said they saw Jared Remy (right) control their daughter Jennifer (left) - demanding she take naps, dictating when she was allowed to leave and wearing her down. Jennifer was allegedly stabbed to death on the front lawn of her Waltham, Massachusetts, home on August 15, 2013. She told her mother she was planning to leave on August 12.

Qiqihar city in the northeastern province of Heilongjiang, which borders Russia’s far east, reported that several objects appeared to have fallen from the sky on Friday, the Xinhua news agency said. One of the parts is a metal dome with jagged, blackened edges. After analysis, experts have concluded they were 'parts from a carrier rocket or a satellite', Xinhua said Sunday, citing the China National Space Administration.

Sylvester the cheetah has formed a heart-warming bond with its trainer after being rescued as an orphaned cub. The four-year-old will happily sit side-by-side with 31-year-old Ed Oelofse, from Zimbabwe, even though in the wild he could easily kill a grown man. The young cheetah was found abandoned in the wild after a lion attacked and killed his mother, and four siblings.

A broken sign announces the investment opportunity of the last decade. Beyond the wasteland where it sits rise hundreds of holiday apartments which have never been used. This is the Marina d'Or 'Holiday City' in Oropesa del Mar, north of Valencia on Spain's Mediterreanan coast, which was to be one of the biggest high-density real estate projects of the country's boom. But now, with the financial crisis having all but broken Spain, most of the complex's homes and shops stand empty. Meanwhile, its developer has collapsed under the weight of its debts.

Forget the Top of the Rock or the Empire State - the best view of the New York City on Sunday was from the air, as members of the Red Bull Air Force Wingsuit Flyers accomplished a dream of gliding over Manhattan. The elite athletes, who have performed at locations all over the world, started at the southern tip of the island, above the Financial District, jumping from a plane sitting at 7,500 feet. Traveling at speeds of 120 mph, they headed uptown on the west side, landing about two miles away from the starting point on a barge on the Hudson River.

Poppy the tortoiseshell cat from Bournemouth, Dorset, who was born in February 1990 and lived through five British prime ministers, has picked up the title. The moggy is now frail and spends most of her time indoors, but she has been recognised by Guinness World Records - and is two years younger than Misao Okawa of Japan, the world’s oldest person. Pictured: Poppy with owner Jacqui West and her two sons Joe 12, and Toby, eight (top left), Poppy aged seven (bottom left), and Poppy today (right).

The sign was set up last week to flag potential delays caused by a fun run, but instead the ominous messages 'Godzilla Attack' and 'Turn Back' were displayed. The joke messages appeared just before Godzilla stomped all over the competition by taking top spot at the box office at the weekend, raking in $93.2million.

Orbs of light hovering above Hessdalen, Norway, (pictured) could be explained by metallic rocks and a sulphurous river running through it. An expert from the Institute of Radio Astronomy in Medicina, Italy, used samples from the site to test the idea of a geological battery (illustrated inset). His theory aims to explain the existence of the Hessdalen Phenomenon. The balls of light can be as large as cars and either hover or streak across the valley, which lies 248miles (400km) north of Oslo.