Sudoku players hold first national championship
PHILADELPHIA (Reuters) - Sudoku, the numbers puzzle that claims 167 million U.S. players, held its first national championship on Saturday, drawing more than 800 people from as far away as California and British Columbia.
Teen wins trophy for 1,224-pound pumpkin
TAUNTON, Mass., Oct. 21 (UPI) -- A teenager with a green thumb was a top contender at a Rhode Island fair recently with his 1,224-pound pumpkin and equally imposing squash.
Marksmen hunt escaped crocs in Thailand
BANGKOK, Thailand - Marksmen cruised rivers in northeastern Thailand on Sunday hunting for 11 crocodiles that scampered away from a farm during floods last week.
Philadelphia Raises Boy Scouts' Rent $199,999 Over Gay Ban
PHILADELPHIA — The city has decided that the Boy Scouts chapter here must pay fair-market rent of $200,000 a year for its city-owned headquarters because it refuses to permit gay Scouts.
Being overweight or sloppily dressed is worse for your career than being a poor performer.
Before you get up in arms over how unfair it is to discriminate against people who are overweight, consider that there may be some rationale behind it. If you're overweight, you're probably not exercising every day.
Police allegedly hang quadriplegic man
LOS ANGELES - Jurors ruled the city of Pasadena must pay $80,000 to a quadriplegic man who sued because police officers allegedly jerked him out of his wheelchair and hung him upside down to search him.
Autistic hiker found alive in W.Va.
CHARLESTON, W.Va. - An autistic 18-year-old lost in the wilderness for four days was found alive Thursday, weak but apparently fine, and reunited with his family, searchers said.
Burglars move into Alabama woman's home
DECATUR, Ala. - Kim Ledford returned to her home after an extended absence and found a strange man in her bed and a woman wearing her clothes. Then another man walked up to question why she was in his house.
Spain seizes U.S. treasure ship at gunpoint
GIBRALTAR (Reuters) - A Spanish warship intercepted a U.S. treasure-hunting vessel that it suspects took gold and silver worth an estimated $500 million from a sunken Spanish galleon, the U.S. crew said on Tuesday.
Budgie-smugglers smuggled into Gitmo
SOMEONE should have told the person who smuggled a pair of Speedos into the US high-security prison at Guantanamo Bay that they are only good for hiding budgies, not prisoners.
Middle School To Offer Birth Control
PORTLAND, Maine (GNS/WCSH) -- In a 7-to-2 vote, the Portland School Committee has approved a proposal to offer a full array of birth control options -- including birth control pills -- to students at King Middle School.
Newest Halloween Horror: Frozen Paintball Prank
Move over eggs. There's a new Halloween prank taking aim at houses on Long Island, and this one can cause damage far worse than any old yolk.
Bear Attacks Woman In Aspen Home
(CBS4/AP) ASPEN, Colo. The Colorado Division of Wildlife said a bear attacked a woman inside her Aspen condo, but her injuries are not life-threatening.
House votes to renew Internet tax block
WASHINGTON - The House on Tuesday overwhelmingly approved a four-year extension of a moratorium on state and local taxes on Internet access, despite widespread support in both parties for a permanent ban.
How much does activity really help with weight loss?
When it comes to weight loss, is exercise worth all the effort? How long does it take to lose the fat? And can time on the court do it? Smart Fitness answers your workout and weight-loss queries.
ARE you narked about your lack of great nookie? Don’t worry, you’re not alone.
National Orgasm Week starts today yet a recent survey found 12 per cent of UK women have never experienced the big O.
As violence falls in Iraq, cemetery workers feel the pinch
NAJAF, Iraq — At what's believed to be the world's largest cemetery, where Shiite Muslims aspire to be buried and millions already have been, business isn't good.
Inmate Found 35 Years After Escape
This photograph provided by the Giles County Sheriff's Department in Pulaski, Tenn., shows an Oct. 12, 2007, arrest photo of Linda Darby. The Indiana Department of Correction said Darby, 64, of Hammond, Ind., was sentenced to life in prison in 1970 for the murder of her husband and escaped in 1972.
Priest 'only pretending to be gay'
VATICAN CITY (AP) -- A Vatican official suspended after being caught on hidden camera making advances to a young man said in an interview published Sunday that he is not gay and was only pretending to be gay as part of his work.
New law to leave brothels in dark
ILLEGAL brothels operating in the Ku-ring-gai local government area could become the first adult entertainment establishments in NSW to have their gas, electricity and water cut off under new legislation.
Illinois firm recalls beef patties on E.coli scare
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - J&B Meats Corp. is recalling 173,554 pounds (78.7 tonnes) of frozen ground beef products sold under "Topps" and "Sam's Choice" labels due to possible E. coli contamination, the U.S. government said this weekend.
Family beaten as YouTube party descends into chaos
LONDON (Reuters) - A teen-ager was airlifted to hospital and his father had his nose broken when gatecrashers went on the rampage at a 16th birthday party after details were posted on YouTube, police and media reports said Friday.
A PENSIONER was horrified when a “strapping” 6ft sex-change carer turned up to bathe her.
Frail Kathy Yates, 88, specifically requested a female to assist her at home.
Mexican cops arrest cannibalism suspect
MEXICO CITY - An aspiring horror novelist was arrested after police discovered his girlfriend's torso in his closet, a leg in the refrigerator and bones in a cereal box, the city prosecutor's spokesman said Thursday, and police suspect he may have been responsible for two other mutilation murders as well.
Possible wing problem with shuttle
CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (AP) -- NASA is studying a possible problem with the thermal shielding on Discovery's wings that could force a delay in this month's launch.
What would you do before the end of the world?
LONDON, (Reuters)-- An asteroid is on a collision course with the earth and you have one hour left to live. What would you do in your last 60 minutes?
SF Mayoral Forum Brings Out Candidates, Characters
(CBS 5) SAN FRANCISCO Incumbent San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom faced off with his 13 challengers at a candidate forum hosted by the League of Women Voters Thursday evening.
