Austrian woman finds dead frog in spinach: report
Whoever said spinach was good for you?
Dead parrot sketch: Greeks had idea first ...
4th century Greek joke book features an ancestor of Monty Python's Dead Parrot sketch.
Obese Canadian inmate released because Big House too small
A morbidly obese Canadian inmate has been released months ahead of schedule because his prison was not adequately suited to hold a man of his girth, a parole board said today.
Husband's coffin kills wife on way to cemetery
A Brazilian woman was killed by her husband's coffin on the way to the cemetery to bury him, police said.
Jogger runs nearly two km with rabid fox locked on her arm
With a fox locked onto her arm, an Arizona jogger ran 1.6kmto her car, where she was able to dislodge the animal, throw it into the trunk and drive to a Prescott hospital.
Woman drives sleeping rapist to police station
A New Zealand woman drove a man who raped her in the back of his car to a police station after he fell asleep, news reports say.
Man petitions to marry comic-book character
A Japanese man has enlisted hundreds of people in a campaign to allow marriages between humans and cartoon characters, saying he feels more at ease in the "two-dimensional world."
Restaurant closed after dead deer found in kitchen
Health officials shut down a suburban restaurant after an inspector found employees butchering a dead deer inside the business.
UK police arrest naked burglary suspect
British police say they found a naked burglary suspect trapped in the chimney of a supermarket in the northern English town of Pemberton.
Appeal opens in $US54 million lost US pants case
An appeals court today began hearing a case brought by a former judge who is suing a drycleaners for $US54 million ($79 million) claiming they lost his pants.
Monster feast leaves British fast-food fiend with big fine
A fast-food fiend is outraged after being slapped with a £150 ($337) fine for staying too long in a KFC carpark in Britain while she and a mate gorged on a massive meal.
Parmesan cheese ranks high on Italian shoplifters list
"A pinch of Parmesan" has taken on a different connotation in Italy where the famous cheese is the food product most targeted by shoplifters in supermarkets.
Testicle cookbook: Serb chef's nuts
Squeamish men look away now: a Serbian chef is bringing out a ballsy guide to cuisine with a twist: The Testicle Cookbook.
SS war criminal, 91, holds up pharmacy
An elderly convicted German war criminal was fined 1600 euro ($2850) by a court on Wednesday for a hold-up at a Belgian pharmacy.
Train kills couple having sex on tracks: report
A couple who chose to have sex on rail tracks were killed by a freight train in South Africa.
Wallaby on the loose in England
Zookeepers and police were chasing reports on Monday of a wayward wallaby, spotted days after escaping a children's zoo in western England.
Donkey jailed for stealing corn
An Egyptian donkey has been jailed for stealing corn on the cob from a field belonging to an agricultural research institute in the Nile Delta, local media reported.
World's smallest man meets world's leggiest woman
He Pingping, the world's smallest man, met long-legged Svetlana Pankratova in London's Trafalger Square, posing for a photograph showing him standing up comfortably between her legs.
Woman finds 2.5m python in hotel toilet
A guest at a Dutch hotel found a live, 2.5 metre python in the toilet, alerting authorities who arrested four people for illegally trading in rare animals, news agency ANP said.
Tiger on the loose in hurricane-ravaged streets
US authorities busy trying to clean up Texas after Hurricane Ike have a new problem on their hands: There's a tiger loose.
