A few tips on handling office gags the right way
2011-04-02 09:50:20
April Fools' Day pranks: Tread carefully at work
2011-04-02 09:47:17
It’s not hard to pinpoint exactly when Tim Wiedman began to sour on the idea of April Fools’ Day pranks in the office. It was shortly after his hair had been set on fire.
Jokes poke fun at royal wedding
2011-04-02 09:15:15
Britain's royal wedding is off! Oh no it's not, it's an April Fools' joke.
Refused a kiss, 92-year-old fires gun
2011-03-25 16:25:49
Helen Staudinger, 92, wanted a kiss. But after her 53-year-old neighbor refused, she aimed a semi-automatic pistol at his house and fired four times.
Bomb sat for weeks at federal office
2011-03-25 10:45:45
A package found at a US federal office building in Detroit sat for weeks before someone thought to screen it and found it was a bomb.
Adultery on way out as crime in Mexico
2011-03-25 09:15:12
Adultery may be a sin, but it soon won't be a crime anymore in Mexico.
Mayan relic sold for $4m is a fake
2011-03-24 09:46:07
A sculpture of a Mayan warrior that sold for more than $4 million at a Paris auction house this week is a fake, Mexico's National Institute of Anthropology and History said on Tuesday.
Transgender New Yorkers sue over birth certificates
2011-03-24 09:32:10
A group of transgender residents filed a lawsuit against New York City over what they say are burdensome requirements for them to change the gender on their birth certificates.
Yes, sex can kill you, US study shows
2011-03-23 09:38:17
Sudden bursts of moderate to intense physical activity -- such as jogging or having sex -- significantly increase the risk of having a heart attack, especially in people who do not get regular exercise, U.S. researchers said on Tuesday.
Ice cream seller accused of dealing drugs
2011-03-21 13:23:07
A New York man has been arrested for allegedly selling illegal prescription drugs from his ice cream truck, making more than $1 million in a year, prosecutors said.
Philippine fishermen battling with odd alien fish
2011-03-12 11:56:44
Like some bad science-fiction movie, Philippine fishermen are encountering strange alien creatures: tough, speckled fish with sharp spines that tear and rip their nets.
Tons of dead sardines still clogging US marina
2011-03-11 11:05:32
Thousands of slimy, reeking sardines gurgled to the surface of an increasingly murky Southern California marina on Thursday as crews kept scooping and vacuuming tons of fish that perished in a huge, unexplained die-off.