HELSINKI (AP) -- A Finnish couple has narrowly won the 19th World Wife Carrying Championships -- a quirky competition in which men race to be the fastest while carrying a female teammate.... READ MORE »
CLARION (AP) -- A woman with emotional problems is missing after she jumped from a car traveling at high speed on Interstate 80, authorities said.
Susan L. Bachman, 37, jumped from the car... READ MORE »
COOPERSVILLE, Mich. (AP) -- A performer gets a bang out of setting off 10,500 firecrackers attached to his body.
Over 16 years, John Fletcher, 51, has set off 600,000 firecrackers attached... READ MORE »
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- The California Highway Patrol said Friday it is investigating video of one of its officers straddling a woman and punching her in the head as she lay on the shoulder of... READ MORE »
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) -- A south Arkansas woman celebrated her 116th birthday Friday with cake, a party and a new title -- she's now officially the oldest confirmed living American and... READ MORE »
NEW YORK (AP) -- High-ranking chowhound Joey "Jaws" Chestnut dropped to one knee and proposed to his longtime girlfriend before Friday's annual hot dog eating contest, then packed away 61... READ MORE »
NOME, Alaska (AP) -- Alaska wildlife officials have turned to an unusual source in efforts to persuade a herd of musk oxen to leave this Bering Sea coastal town for good.
Bear urine.
Some... READ MORE »
WASHINGTON (AP) -- How strong is that pina colada? Depending on how it's made, it could contain as much alcohol as two glasses of wine.
The National Institutes of Health is trying to... READ MORE »
IRWIN, Pa. (AP) -- A western Pennsylvania man says Jerry Seinfeld left him a nice "thank you" note after borrowing the man's rare car for the comedian's latest episode of "Comedians in Cars... READ MORE »
