Passenger wakes to find himself locked in US plane
Monday, 9 December 2013, 18:03
Last update: about 11 years ago
Malta Independent
A passenger who fell asleep while flying to Los Angeles says he awoke to discover himself alone and locked inside a dark, empty plane in Houston. Tom Wagner told KTRK-TV...
Man cited after tossing cash at Mall of America
Monday, 2 December 2013, 21:25
Last update: about 11 years ago
Malta Independent
A 29-year-old man who says he was trying to spread holiday cheer by tossing 1,000 dollar bills over an upper floor railing at the Mall of America in Bloomington, Minnesota, has been cited for...
Bird steals camera in Australia, records journey
Monday, 2 December 2013, 21:22
Last update: about 11 years ago
Malta Independent
A brazen bird snatched a video camera that was recording crocodiles in northwest Australia and captured fascinating footage of its 110-kilometer (70-mile) journey across the country's remote...
Beijing destroys to cut pollution
Friday, 29 November 2013, 18:41
Last update: about 11 years ago
Malta Independent
Beijing is waging a war against air pollution, one barbecue at a time. Authorities in the capital have destroyed more than 500 open-air barbecues "to cut PM2.5" — the...
Russia outraged by giant Louis Vuitton suitcase
Friday, 29 November 2013, 18:40
Last update: about 11 years ago
Malta Independent
Politicians didn't like it, the public didn't like it, so the gigantic Louis Vuitton suitcase is being booted out of Red Square. The GUM department store on Red Square, which is...
Chinese man with fake US bank claim gets life
Sunday, 24 November 2013, 09:50
Last update: about 11 years ago
Malta Independent
A Chinese rice trader who shot to fame last year over a bogus claim that he had purchased a U.S. bank was sentenced Tuesday to life in prison on conviction of falsifying invoices to evade...
India: Gold bars worth $1M found in plane lavatory
Sunday, 24 November 2013, 09:46
Last update: about 11 years ago
Malta Independent
Cleaners found a stash of 24 gold bars worth more than $1.1 million hidden in an airplane lavatory after a flight from Bangkok arrived in eastern India, officials said Wednesday. The Jet...
US man reunited with motorcycle, 46 years later
Sunday, 24 November 2013, 09:42
Last update: about 11 years ago
Malta Independent
A U.S. man has been reunited with his now-vintage motorcycle nearly 50 years after it was stolen. Donald DeVault received the 1953 Triumph Tiger 100 on Wednesday. The...
852 Thai children set human Christmas tree record
Sunday, 24 November 2013, 09:34
Last update: about 11 years ago
Malta Independent
Christmas is not a holiday in predominantly Buddhist Thailand, and its palm trees outnumber pines, but the country still set a world record with its holiday spirit. One of the...
Deadly Halloween tableau too realistic for some
Friday, 18 October 2013, 22:22
Last update: about 11 years ago
Malta Independent
One man lies on his stomach on the driveway. Blood is splattered along the garage door that smashed his head and presumably killed him. Another man lies a few feet (meters) away, run over by a...