Competitive-eating champ Takeru Kobayashi (tah-kah-roo koh-bee-yah-shee) conquered Philadelphia's annual gustatory gorge-fest by eating 337 chicken wings in a half-hour before a crowd of nearly 20,000 at Wing Bowl XX.
A woman who called the wrong number when she suffered a stroke still found help a couple of time zones away.
A prison inmate who makes stationery and license plates pulled a fast one on state police by adding the image of a pig to the state decal on their cruisers.
A 55-year-old Montana man who says he "always wanted" to be part of a police chase can check that off his bucket list.
A 250-pound man with a history of jumping on the backs of student athletes in the Pacific Northwest has pleaded guilty to assault.
With 120 lions, tigers and other big cats on the grounds, the owner of a Colorado refuge didn't think he needed a security system.
A woman who appeared to not have any teeth in surveillance photos from a bank robbery last month has confessed, apologized and told police she planned the heist because she needed the money for dentures.
A woman's speeding got her a warning from an Ohio state trooper but wasn't enough to keep her grandchild from being born in her car.
A mountaintop Jesus statue can stay at a ski resort in the western U.S. state of Montana - for now.
A large seabird found in the back of a pickup truck in Los Angeles has been released to begin its long flight home across the Pacific.
Forget "Finding Nemo." Watch a 3-year-old boy find "Free."
According to Harold Camping's calculations the biblical apocalypse begins at 6 p.m., May 21st., and the world is set to end in October
Was Joe Biden sleeping or praying? And if he was sleeping, what was he dreaming about?
Gemini, Virgo and Leo can remain calm, said self proclaimed psychic and astrologer Walter Mercado, who confirmed that the traditional dates of the Zodiac "remain the same.''
An unidentified driver managed to perform an unintentional stunt at a shopping mall's alley on Friday night, in Fort Lauderdale. Fort Lauderdale rescue and police surrounded the bizarre scene: A car facing up while balancing on a support wire for a utility pole. The driver managed to exit the car. No one was hurt. The driver failed to see the support wire for the utility pole, while making a sharp turn at a dark shopping mall's alley near 17th st. Causeway and Cordova Road. The car was stuck behind the Winn Dixie.
Kelly Hildebrandt and Kelly Hildebrandt were engaged in December after meeting on Facebook.
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