Japan admitted Tuesday it was unprepared for a severe nuclear accident like the tsunami-caused Fukushima disaster and said damage to the reactors and radiation leakage were worse than it previously thought.
Tue, 6/7/2011 6:06 PM
An electronics importer is singing the blues after federal officials in Los Angeles seized a nearly $1 million shipment of karaoke machines with bogus brand-name labels.
Tue, 6/7/2011 6:02 PM
Did Yogi Bear and Boo-Boo get separated? While the children in one town were watching the capture of a black bear outside their school, residents in a town 20 miles north were witnessing the apprehension of another.
Tue, 6/7/2011 6:02 PM
A central Ohio animal shelter with an abundance of chubby cats is having a sale on its fattest felines, hoping a discount entices potential owners to take one home.
Tue, 6/7/2011 6:02 PM
Better check your Facebook settings before posting a party invitation online.
Tue, 6/7/2011 6:02 PM
A Utah man has been cited on a charge of disorderly conduct after paying for a disputed medical bill with 2,500 pennies.
Tue, 6/7/2011 6:02 PM
Connecticut police say a man punched himself in the face, tore his shirt and threw his wallet and keys in a river to convince police he had been assaulted.
Tue, 6/7/2011 6:02 PM
Officials in New London, Conn., turned off the water at the city's new waterfront fountain over the weekend, because people have been using it as a toilet.
Tue, 6/7/2011 6:02 PM
A young black bear has outsmarted wildlife officials trying to trap it in Washington state.
Tue, 6/7/2011 6:02 PM
An Ohio woman who just turned 100 years old has taken customer loyalty to the extreme: She's still using a bank savings account that's been around almost as long as she has, since the year before World War I.
Tue, 6/7/2011 3:03 PM
News Corp. will begin charging for online access to its flagship Australian newspaper this year, a company executive said Tuesday, following the lead of sister publications like The Wall Street Journal and The Times.
Tue, 6/7/2011 2:31 PM
A Pennsylvania cash machine apparently took all those cracks about service fees costing an arm and a leg a little too seriously.
Mon, 6/6/2011 6:31 PM
Police responding to a rare alligator sighting in suburban Kansas City took quick action to dispatch of the beast, shooting it in the head, as instructed, while it lurked menacingly in the weeds leading down to a pond.
Mon, 6/6/2011 6:31 PM
When is a village parking lot a highway? When New York's highest court says so.
Mon, 6/6/2011 5:03 PM
Karen Butler has a British-sounding accent, but she's never been to Europe. She woke up from dental surgery one day talking funny. A year and a half later her "foreign" accent remains, and her story has traveled around the world.
Sun, 6/5/2011 10:06 PM
Karen Butler has a British-sounding accent, but she's never been to Europe. She woke up from dental surgery one day talking funny. A year and a half later her "foreign" accent remains, and her story has traveled around the world.
Sun, 6/5/2011 9:31 PM
Karen Butler has a British-sounding accent, but she's never been to Europe. She woke up from dental surgery one day talking funny.
Sun, 6/5/2011 8:31 PM
A Malaysian social activist is apologizing 100 times on Twitter in an unusual settlement with a magazine publisher in a defamation case, his lawyer said Thursday.
Sun, 6/5/2011 10:31 AM
Better check your Facebook settings before posting a party invitation online.
Sun, 6/5/2011 9:31 AM
Better check your Facebook settings before posting a party invitation online.
Sun, 6/5/2011 8:31 AM
