Tuesday January 18, 2011 Updated 6:30 PM PST
A centuries-old Russian prison notorious for its primitive conditions will soon offer inmates a new perk: tanning beds.
Police in Montana say a man who was apparently so distracted by loud music that he didn't notice a freight train moving toward him before it struck his car.
In a scene straight from the movie "A Christmas Story," an 8-year-old Oklahoma boy got his tongue stuck to a metal pole after he licked it on a dare.
Eric Miller sure looked like a firefighter. The 29-year-old San Francisco resident was lounging on a couch inside Firehouse 19 near Stonestown Galleria early Monday wearing SFFD-labeled clothes and watching television before anyone figured out he didn't belong there.
An orange alligator photographed in South Florida is raising questions about its bizarre pigment.
A Swiss village has found a drastic way to compel dog holders to pay their pet's annual tax: Pay up, or the dog gets it.
A pilot's spilled coffee accidentally triggered a hijacking alert and caused a United Airlines flight from Chicago to Frankfurt, Germany, to make an unscheduled stop in Canada.
Their son wasn't going to wait to be born, so John Coughlin rushed his laboring wife to the hospital. He called 911 when a state trooper tried to pull their car over, and the trooper turned the chase into an escort — then issued him a speeding ticket.
You don't have to be driving a car to be accused of drunken driving -- sometimes even a lawnmower can do the trick. Or a backhoe.
A Florida man says he's going to spend the next month living in a fenced enclosure with two African lions. James Jablon hopes the stunt will raise money for a wildlife center.
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