Native American tribe to dub 'Star Wars'
2013-05-02 14:34:54
The largest Native American tribe in the United States is seeking to dub the classic 1977 movie "Star Wars" movie in Navajo as a way to help preserve its traditional language.
Police sorry for video mocking homeless
2013-05-02 14:14:14
Seattle's interim police chief has apologized for appearing in a 1986 video that showed him and other officers mocking the homeless.
Microraptors had taste for sashimi: Study
2013-04-30 23:55:07
Fossil evidence showed that the Microraptor — a four-winged, flying dinosaur about the size of a pigeon — may have been a big fan of sashimi.
Pig takes dog's place as family member
2013-04-08 15:51:07
Mr Min spends four hours and walks twice a day with his 'BAMA miniature pig' Zhu Zhu in Wuhan, the capital city of Hubei province.
Lone female student leaves 29 broken hearts
2013-03-22 11:22:58
The only female student majoring in mining at a university in Wuhan has applied for a transfer, and the other 29 students in her class, all male, wrote letters asking her to stay.
Woman has two sets of twins in one day
2013-02-19 13:13:25
A Texas mother had a one-in-70-million kind of Valentine's Day this year when she gave birth to two sets of identical twin boys.
20,000 yuan thrown around railway station
2013-01-28 15:26:53
A young man, in a moment of madness, threw about 20,000 yuan ($3,200) around a railway station in Southwest China’s Chongqing.
Obama the fly swatter strikes again
2013-01-25 09:07:59
There was a buzz at the White House on Thursday when President Barack Obama announced the nomination of two top financial regulatory officials.
Dolphin therapy helps mentally-disabled children
2012-12-16 09:23:07
Dolphin-assisted therapy for children with mental disabilities has made a splash in the West, and China is now riding the experimental tide.
Woman with cocaine implants arrested
2012-12-13 10:15:40
Spanish police arrested a Panamanian woman on Wednesday who landed in Barcelona from Bogota, Colombia with cocaine stuffed inside her breast implants.
Napoleon's secret coded letter on sale
2012-11-30 14:35:19
The single line of Napoleon's secret code told Paris of his desperate, last order against the Russians: "At three o'clock in the morning, on the 22nd I am going to blow up the Kremlin."
US family drowns in effort to save dog
2012-11-28 09:11:25
The Coast Guard ended a search on Monday for a teenager whose parents were killed after they plunged into the cold, powerful surf in Northern California in a nightmarish chain of events that started when their son tried to save the family dog from drowning.