A man who calls himself SAL9000 is set to marry his virtual girlfriend from a video game called Love Plus this weekend.

Federal officials say they arrested a man who strapped 15 live lizards to his chest to get through customs at Los Angeles International Airport.

A Fort Worth water employee sues the city after supervisors circulated a doctored picture of his face superimposed over a dog's.

Irvin Rosenfeld, a 56-year-old stockbroker from Fort Lauderdale, Fla. will smoke his 115,000th marijuana cigarette Friday, a possible world record, and he can

A young couple expecting their seventh child were stunned to see a recognizable face in the ultrasound image of their latest baby -- the eerie ghost of Michael

California tax officials say an interior designer's false disability claim was uncovered when he was spotted on a home improvement television show.

Chris Hardman won't be insulted if you don't believe him. After all, not even his fiancee believes in UFOs. But Hardman swears he has videotaped dozens of

A 15-year-old boy called 911 after his parents took away his Xbox as a punishment. The Chicago Tribune reports that police were sent to his Buffalo Grove,

When d'Armond Speers' son was born 15 years ago, the linguist and software consultant spoke only Klingon to him for his first three years of life. With that

A suburban Philadelphia police chief says two teenagers are being held after officers arrested them and found video recordings they made of themselves

Police in Almancil, Portugal say a man was literally caught with his pants down as he allegedly tried to break into a supermarket.  The man was trapped halfway

FBI officials say an elderly, thin, gray-haired man nicknamed the "Geezer Bandit" is responsible for holding up five San Diego-area banks since summer.

Sara Bostwick is suing her wedding photographer, Carolyn Monastra, and the studio she works for, Christian Oth Inc., for emotional distress caused by photos

Ever wonder what it would feel like to be a hamster? Now you can find out. A hotel in Nantes, France, is offering people the chance to live like a rodent.

What word sums up 2009? How about unfriend? That's the New Oxford American Dictionary's 2009 Word of the Year. It means to remove someone as a friend on a

Who says a cleaning lady has to be female?
 

Some are calling it the "purr-fect" traffic stop. A Taylor police officer proved he can keep his cool, event when pestered by one frisky feline.

A thief in Washington ironically crashed a stolen SUV into a jail Sunday.

A woman in Australia who suffers from a rare medical condition, where she experiences 300 orgasms a day, has met a man that she loves and that can keep up with

A beverage company has asked a team to drill through Antarctica's ice for a lost cache of some vintage Scotch whiskey that has been on the rocks since a

James Steele knew llamas were ornery, but he never expected "Spanky" to attack him. Now he's got 700 stitches to prove how dangerous they can be.

A high school librarian in Phoenix says a former student at the school returned two overdue books checked out 51 years ago along with a $1,000 money order to

A 5-year-old girl in the UK is battling a rare disease that if not treated will turn her body into crystal.

A British man whose bowel was damaged in a motorcycle crash has been fitted with a "bionic bottom."

Something's gone fowl on the streets of Loudoun County, Virginia.  A wild turkey has reportedly been on the attack in Leesburg along Route 7, playing chicken

Friday the 13th has rolled around again. If it seems like there've been a bevy of these unlucky days lately, you've been very attentive. This marks the third

Florida police say a man arrested for repeatedly calling 911 looking for sex claimed it was the only number he could dial after running out of cell phone

Female flight attendants for the Irish low-fare airline Ryanair have stripped down for a 2010 calendar, all in the name of charity.

A Japanese lingerie company is going green, and pleasing sports fans at the same time. The company has created a bra that folds out into a golf putting green

A rare $2 million car was nearly destroyed in La Marque when a driver accidently drove the Bugatti Veyron into a lagoon. INSIDE: View a photo slideshow of the

You can roll it, throw it, kick it, dodge it or bat it. And due to its playground longevity and status, the Ball is being recognized as a Hall of Famer.

"They call me the hardware store," says Requelme Abanto from his hospital bed in northern Peru.

A 12-year-old Virginia girl says she sneezes up to 12,000 times a day and can't stop.

A Chinese man has come up with a new way for women to deal with their stress.

Inmates at a Texas prison discovered a police department's gift of fruit contained 25 pounds of marijuana.

After giving birth, many women choose to have the placenta -- the organ that supplies a fetus with oxygen and food -- tossed out by hospitals. But now someone

Vicki Larrieux, a 22-year-old student from Portsmouth, England, suffers from lachanophobia, a fear of vegetables.

Joey Chestnut maintained his dominance in the sport of competitive eating — and expanded his palate — by setting a new world record and winning the first-ever

It was a scary scene at the National Zoo over the weekend after a wild deer jumped into the lions' enclosure and right into the path of danger.

Hundreds of amateur sushi chefs at the University of California, Berkeley got their hands fishy Sunday as they assembled a 330-foot California roll.

A sculpture of a New Zealand government minister crafted from cow manure sold for New Zealand dollars 3,080 ($2,220) on an auction Web site.

A man snapped up 5,000 condoms left over from the athletes at the Olympic Village at the 2008 Beijing Olympics. That collection can now be yours, as it is one

A woman in South Korea who tried to pass the written exam for a driver's license with near-daily attempts since April 2005 has finally succeeded on her 950th

A Volkswagen van stolen 35 years ago in Washington state has been found in a shipping container at the Los Angeles/Long Beach seaport.

Calling all cougars... the California Cougar Convention roars into Los Angeles this weekend! Meet a few of the ladies on the prowl in this GDLA interview.

An employee operating a forklift inside a liquor warehouse in Russia had a big "whoops." A security camera captured the forklift plowing into a shelf, causing

In exchange for no jail time, a woman and her adult daughter have agreed to stand outside a Pennsylvania courthouse holding signs saying they stole a gift card

Jim Stevens said he's not particularly religious and is clueless about why an image resembling Jesus Christ keeps appearing on his pickup.

A New Zealand mayor is being criticized for suggesting that "problem parents" should be paid not to have children.

A judge in a Winnipeg, Canada, granted bail to a 12-year-old boy on the condition that he surrenders his Wii game console.

Police in the Denver suburb of Edgewater say twenty-nine-year-old Aaron Siebers stabbed himself, then said he was attacked by three men dressed in black who

SYDNEY (AP) — In the world of fiddler crabs, the best form of protection is, apparently, prostitution, according to an Australian study published Wednesday.

A corporate executive with electronic retail giant Best Buy says a United Airlines gate agent denied him a seat in the first class cabin because he was wearing

A man dressed up as a Breathalyzer was pulled over and arrested for a DUI on Halloween night. The Dayton Daily News reports that police arrested James P.

An 11-year old Bulgarian girl gave birth to a baby girl after going into labor on her wedding day, according to The Daily Telegraph.

Like skydiving and bungee jumping, flying through the air with the greatest of ease is the latest craze among thrill seekers. There are over more than 100

A 62-pound golden tilefish that might be a Maryland record nearly jerked an angler out of his boat when the fish bit.
 

Kane Kellett's unusual method of raising his right hand to be sworn in earned him a six-month contempt of court sentence in McHenry County Court over the

Police in Haverstraw, N.Y., say an armed man walked into a Taco Bell restaurant on Oct. 26 around 2 p.m. and demanded money and then a job application.

A family's trip to the grocery store ended with a wild discovery when they found a frog in their bag of lettuce.

A British man's love for his wife could kill him. That's because he breaks out into a rash if he gets too close to her.

A civilian passenger riding in a South African Air Force plane accidentally activated the ejector seat while reaching for something to steady himself during a

Matthew Mitnitsky, owner of Nonni's Italian Eatery in Concord, said Sunday that a 222.5-pound meatball was authenticated as the world's largest after being

German plastic surgeon Reza Vossough got married with the intent of turning his bride into the ideal wife. Five years later, he says he has created his perfect

A woman mistakenly tipped $29,000 by the University of Notre Dame in her catering paycheck will return more than half of the money in $50 monthly payments over

A naked Chinese man who jumped out of the window and hid on the ledge of a building to flee his lover's furious husband was caught on camera.

Officials believe they have found an alligator that escaped from a wildlife officer who brought the animal to his daughter's school for show and tell.

A woman obsessed with eating cutlery had to have surgery to remove 78 forks and spoons from her stomach, the Daily Mail reports.

A naturist retreat in England has the neighbors complaining they are seeing more of the guests than they want to.

A South Florida resident traded in his famous lawn ornament for some cash. Joel Waul sold the world’s largest rubber band ball to Ripley Entertainment.

Two would-be robbers in Iowa made up a bizarre disguise which did not help hide their identity. They didn't have masks, so they blackened their faces with

The world's largest rubber band ball will be transported from Florida's Broward County to a Ripley's Believe it or Not warehouse in Orlando.

An Ohio golf course is being taken over by goats. The owners said they wanted to use a natural method to maintain the green grass, so they brought in the

A California man has spent more than 20 years and $50,000 transforming the garage of his 2-bedroom condo in Redondo Beach into a replica of a first-class Pan

A junior hockey team was banished from a city ice rink after players engaged in "strip hockey" — shedding a piece of uniform every time a practice shot missed

A junior hockey team was banished from a city ice rink after players engaged in "strip hockey" — shedding a piece of uniform every time a practice shot missed its mark.

A 20-year-old Florida man says he was fired from his job as a cashier at The Home Depot for wearing an American flag button that read, "One nation under God,

Scientists have discovered that a species of butterfly has tiny ears on its wings, according to LiveScience.

Toy company Hero Builders has released an action figure in the likeness of balloon boy's dad, Richard Heene.

An Illinois man has admitted banking more than $470,000 in paychecks from a New Jersey company he never worked for.

Larry Whitten marched into this northern New Mexico town in late July on a mission: resurrect a failing hotel.

A New Zealand town has cancelled its annual dead bunny toss after protests from animal welfare groups, and many residents aren't happy about it.

Teams from more than 20 schools in the U.S. and Canada descended on a college field in Vermont to test their mettle in the hard-nosed sport of Quidditch this

An 18-year-old girl who turned up in New York City two weeks ago and claimed she had no recollection of her name, family or hometown has been identified as a

A Michigan pet store employee got himself a mouthful of cockroaches -- on purpose. The Lansing State Journal reported Sean Murphy on Friday stuffed 16

A 6-year-old Chinese girl dubbed "catgirl" has doctors puzzled after a soft black fur started to spread over her body, according to The Sun.

Lebanese chefs prepared a massive plate of hummus weighing over two tons Saturday that broke a world record organizers said was previously held by Israel -- a

A Virginia man arrested for being naked in his own home says the story, which is making headlines across the country and on the internet, is tearing his life

It looked like something out of an Alfred Hitchcock film or "Jurassic Park." An anchor on Australia's Channel Nine news was on camera when a giant seagull

For all the chemistry geeks out there, this one's for you, really, it's your day -- National Mole Day.

A lucky swap and some eager building propelled a 19-year-old Norwegian student to the top of board game fame and sent three would-be tycoons to the poor house

Many businesses around the world have been hit hard by the global recession. Now, to get people to spend again, a major department strore in France puts

A Minnesota man has pleaded guilty to driving his motorized La-Z-Boy chair while drunk.

A man robbed a Michigan bank and got away — but didn't stay away. A 40-year-old Comstock Park resident later called 911 and confessed.

Many people have seen a face on the door in the men's restroom at an Ikea store in Scotland. But people are debating about who it is.

A British police officer contacted UFO experts after claiming to see three aliens examining a crop circle in July.

The fatal ending of Humpty Dumpty in the famous children's nursery rhyme, apparently needed to be revised for today's tykes. At least that is how it seemed

The best Halloween costumes are always topical, and someone is now offering a "Balloon Boy" dress-up gig that's good for a laugh.