Desegregation pioneer dies at 90
GLOUCESTER, Va. - Irene Morgan Kirkaldy, a black woman whose refusal to give up her bus seat to white passengers led to a landmark U.S. Supreme Court decision more than a decade before Rosa Parks gained recognition for doing the same, has died at 90.
Croc target spent week up tree
CAPE York stockman David George has spent seven nights up a tree in a crocodile-infested swamp, bleeding and with little food - and lived to tell the tale.
Giant Manta Ray Found Off Mass. Coast With 11-Foot Wingspan
Six men were needed to lift the ray up onto the dock so scientists from the New England Aquarium could investigate.
Taser used on man smeared with faeces
POLICE have used a stun gun to subdue a man who smeared himself with faeces and blood after being thrown out of a Gold Coast nightclub.
TV Legend Merv Griffin Dead At 82
(CBS) LOS ANGELES Talk show host, game show king and entertainment icon Merv Griffin has died of prostate cancer, according to a statement from his family. He was 82 years old.
Drunken German joyrider kills 300 chickens
BERLIN - Three hundred chickens died in panic early on Sunday when a drunken German teenager on a joyride crashed a van into their shed, police said.
Kenneth Foster's Fate
The Nation -- In less than three weeks Kenneth Foster, an African American man sentenced to death in 1997 for the murder of Michael LaHood, is scheduled to be executed in Texas.
Catch Jesus being crucified - six times a week
TOURISTS can catch Jesus being crucified and resurrected six times a week at a theme park in Orlando, Florida.
Missing nude swimmer found under NY pier
LONG BEACH, N.Y. - A man who decided to go for a late night swim in the buff was found hours later by rescue crews, hiding under a pier not far from where he jumped in the water, authorities said Sunday.
Alleged 9/11 mastermind, 13 others closer to U.S. military trial
WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Fourteen suspected terrorists listed as "high-value detainees" at the U.S. detention camp at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, have been designated as enemy combatants, placing them in line to be charged and put on trial by the U.S. military, Pentagon officials said Thursday.
Here's how to ace dorm-room design
In college, the lessons startbefore your first class. They begin in your dorm room. "You want to keep it simple and you want to make it smart," says Thom Filicia, host of Style Network's Dress My Nest. "You're in college to educate yourself, and part of educating yourself is also learning how to live smartly." Filicia educates USA TODAY on a few finer points of dorm décor
Police gobsmacked by monster cannabis plants
A MAN will face court today charged with growing some of the largest cannabis plants NSW police say they have ever seen.
Mom allegedly ties son's hair to railing
MANTECA, Calif. - Police arrested a 27-year-old woman who allegedly tied her son's hair to a stairway railing as punishment.
They're In! Rescuers Drill Into Miners' Chamber
Rescuers drilled successfully into an area of the Crandall Canyon coal mine late Thursday night, where six trapped workers are believed to be following a cave-in four days ago. However, no immediate signs of the men were discovered.
Police: 'Most Wanted' Nigerian Scammer Arrested In Florida
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. -- A man accused of being a member of a notorious group of Nigerian identity scammers was arrested during a routine traffic stop in Florida, according to the Secret Service.
Big Ben's bongs silenced for repairs
LONDON - It has chimed through freezing winters, fierce storms and World War II bombing raids. But old age will silence Big Ben's bongs — at least temporarily.
High School Reading Lists Get A Makeover
"If you don't include authors like Amy Tan or Virginia Woolf, what does that mean? A lot of discussions have come up over the last 20 years over what one needs to know. [The question is], 'Who do you bump off?' "
Unsecured girders led to Mesa bridge collapse
An overpass under construction on the Loop 202 Red Mountain Freeway in east Mesa collapsed Thursday morning, sending more than 100 feet of roadway to the ground.
Fossils challenge old evoluton theory
WASHINGTON - Surprising research based on two African fossils suggests our family tree is more like a wayward bush with stubby branches, challenging what had been common thinking on how early humans evolved.
Woman finds skull in auction purchase
PHOENIX - A woman who bought a box sight-unseen at an unclaimed property auction got a shock when she opened it and found a human skull, police said.
U.S. troop deaths up after drop in July
BAGHDAD - Four more U.S. troops and a British soldier have died in attacks, military officials said Tuesday, in a possible sign that extremists are regrouping after a drop in American deaths last month.
DETROIT - General Motors Corp. said Monday it has decided not to renew its $1 billion sponsorship of the U.S. Olympic Committee when its contract ends after 2008.
SAN FRANCISCO - Barry Bonds raised both arms over his head like a prize fighter in victory, fists clenched — and then he took off. It was over at long last. Like him or not, legitimate or not, he is baseball's new home run king.
Bonds makes history with 756th home run
SAN FRANCISCO - Barry Bonds raised both arms over his head like a prize fighter in victory, fists clenched — and then he took off. It was over at long last. Like him or not, legitimate or not, he is baseball's new home run king.
Soil Tested At School Near Former World War II-Era Bombing Range
ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. -- Army engineers took soil samples Tuesday from a Central Florida middle school where at least 1,000 World War II-era bombs and munitions are believed to be buried underground.
Pillows Piled High With Germs
(CBS 42) Fifty million Americans suffer from allergies. Some of that wheezing and sneezing could be caused by something hiding in our very own bedrooms.
Crocodile falls to earth in Russian nuclear town
MOSCOW (AFP) - Residents in the Russian nuclear research town of Sarov got a jaw-dropping surprise on Tuesday when a crocodile fell from the twelfth-storey apartment of its owner, the emergency situations ministry said.
St. Augustine celebrates 442nd birthday
ST. AUGUSTINE, Florida (AP) -- This city almost erected a billboard outside Jamestown, Virginia, to congratulate it on its 400th birthday -- and remind everyone St. Augustine passed that milestone four decades ago.
False Alarm Forces Evacuation Of JFK Parking Lot
(CBS) NEW YORK A parking lot at John F. Kennedy International Airport in Queens was evacuated after a report of an anonymous bomb threat, which turned out to be nothing more than a false alarm, CBS 2 HD learned.
