US post office pays homage to famous reindeer
Monday, 15 December 2014, 18:30
Last update: about 12 years ago
Thousands of Christmas cards are pouring into a small village in Wisconsin that shares its name with the most famous reindeer. The Rudolph Post Office receives more than 10,000 Christmas cards...
Australian killed by shark on Great Barrier Reef
Monday, 15 December 2014, 14:03
Last update: about 12 years ago
Associated Press
An 18-year-old man was killed by a shark on Monday while spearfishing on the Great Barrier Reef off the eastern Australian tourist town of Port Douglas, police said. It was the first fatal shark...
Mysterious theft: About 100 brains missing from University of Texas
Wednesday, 3 December 2014, 06:33
Last update: about 12 years ago
Associated Press
The University of Texas at Austin is missing about 100 brains - about half of the specimens the university had in a collection of brains preserved in jars of formaldehyde. One of the missing...
Jumping shark 'photobombs' Australian surfing competition
Tuesday, 2 December 2014, 11:40
Last update: about 12 years ago
Associated Press
A jumping shark has "photobombed" a surfing competition off an Australian beach. Amateur photographer Steph Bellamy captured the image of the shark with her smartphone on Sunday as she was...
Austria firewood explodes in wood stove
Monday, 1 December 2014, 21:37
Last update: about 12 years ago
Associated Press
Austrian police investigating a grenade blast were less puzzled by the explosion and more by where it took place - inside a wood stove that appeared to contain nothing but firewood. The woman who...
Man arrested after deputies say he aimed banana at them
Wednesday, 26 November 2014, 08:07
Last update: about 12 years ago
Associated Press
A man is facing a felony menacing charge after two western Colorado sheriff's deputies say he pointed a banana at them and they thought it was a gun. The Grand Junction Daily Sentinel reports...