- Miami man allegedly had followers drink snail mucus in rituals, causing violent illness
- MIAMI - Devotees of a Miami man who claims to practice a traditional African religion say they were sickened when they had to ingest the mucus of a giant African snail.
- Centuries-old English cheese-rolling competition cancelled for overcrowding concerns
- LONDON - A 200-year-old English race in which competitors chase round cheeses rolling down a hillside has been cancelled this year because of overcrowding concerns.
- NY cashier, 91, is punched trying to fend off thief, insists on finishing her shift
- EAST NORTHPORT, N.Y. - A 91-year-old New York pharmacy cashier refused medical attention and went back to work after a thief punched her.
- NYC funeral home van ticketed, then towed - with body inside
- NEW YORK - A police tow truck removed a minivan parked outside a New York City funeral home - with a body inside.
- Man working on home computer in Peterborough, Ont., bit by stray snake
- PETERBOROUGH, Ont. - A Peterborough, Ont., man was working on his home computer just after midnight Thursday when he got the surprise of his life.
- Midnight knitter spinning nocturnal yarn over US shore town, putting sweaters in trees
- WEST CAPE MAY, N.J. - Someone is spinning quite a yarn over one New Jersey shore town.
- Crime doesn't pay much: Police say robber scored $6 from holding up 11 people at US market
- THERMAL, Calif. - They say crime doesn't pay. For one robber in California, it did - but not much.
- Calgary Zoo's newest male tiger shows signs of bonding with female tiger
- CALGARY - The Calgary Zoo's new male tiger appears to like his new roommate.
- Strange fruit: Dutch police discover half-ton of cocaine stashed in plastic pineapples
- THE HAGUE, Netherlands - First it was drugs among the flowers. Now, drug traffickers have stuffed real drugs into fake fruit in an effort to smuggle cocaine into the Netherlands, authorities said Wednesday.