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  • Miniature dachshund gnaws off diabetic owner's toe (AP) - AP - An Illinois woman says her beloved miniature dachshund gnawed off her right big toe while she was asleep. Linda Floyd told the Alton Telegraph for a story Wednesday that her beloved Roscoe was euthanized because of safety concerns.
  • Couple maintain Portugal's ceramic penis tradition (Reuters) -

    Ceramist Francisco Figueiredo opens a casting mould of a phallus in his workshop in Chao de Parada, central Portugal June 26, 2008. Husband and wife Francisco and Cassilda Figueiredo are among the last exponents of a traditional Portuguese handicraft -- making ornamental ceramic penises. For more than three decades, the couple have carefully shaped thousands of cermaic male organs, moulding them into upright shapes and painting them in life-like colours for export to Germany, France and North America. REUTERS/Jose Manuel RibeiroReuters - Husband and wife Francisco and Casilda Figueiredo are among the last exponents of a traditional Portuguese handicraft -- making ornamental ceramic penises.


  • Man accused of faking heart attacks to avoid bills (AP) - AP - A 52-year-old Milwaukee-area man has been accused of faking heart attacks to avoid paying restaurant bills and cab fares.
  • Crazy cat that frightened neighborhood mends ways (AP) - AP - A combative cat named Lewis who frightened the neighbors and got his owner into legal trouble two years ago has done so well under house arrest that the case has now been scratched.
  • "Spiritual" effects of mushrooms last a year? (Reuters) -

    People protest against a planned ban on all hallucinogenic 'magic' mushrooms by the government on Dam square in Amsterdam October 27, 2007. (Koen van Weel/Reuters)Reuters - The "spiritual" effects of psilocybin from so-called sacred mushrooms last for more than a year and may offer a way to help patients with fatal diseases or addictions, U.S. researchers reported on Tuesday.


  • Man rips head from Hitler wax figure (Reuters) -

    A wax figure of Adolf Hitler is pictured in a mock bunker at the German 'Madame Tussauds' during a press preview in Berlin, July 3, 2008. (Tobias Schwarz/Reuters)Reuters - A man tore the head from a controversial waxwork figure of Adolf Hitler on the opening day of Berlin's Madame Tussauds museum Saturday, police said.


  • You want cheese curds with that? (Reuters) - Reuters - Canada's U.S. embassy apologized on Thursday for a party invitation that featured a prominent figure in Canadian history brandishing a large plate of French fries covered in cheese curds and gravy.
  • Chestnut wins hot dog contest after eat-off (AP) -

    Takeru Kobayashi, left, of Japan poses for photographs with last years hot dog eating champion Joey Chestnut, of San Jose, Calif. during the weigh in news conference for the Nathan's Famous International Hot Dog Eating Contest Thursday, July 3, 2008 in New York. The contest will take place Friday July 4, 2008 in the Coney Island section of the Brooklyn borough of New York. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)AP - Joey Chestnut reclaimed the top spot at the annual hot dog eating contest in Coney Island on Friday after first tying with archrival Takeru Kobayashi in a 10-minute chow-down and then beating him in a five-dog eat-off.


  • 2 teens attacked in town mocked in YouTube videos (AP) - AP - Two teenagers who drove to Oniontown after a series of YouTube videos portrayed the hamlet as a run-down, backwoods dump were pelted with rocks by an angry group of young residents, authorities said.
  • Big cheese carving celebrates Independence Day (Reuters) -

    Cheese carver Troy Landwehr brushes oil off a rendition of the signing of the Declaration of Independence carved out of 2000 lbs of cheese in New York, July 3, 2008. (Lucas Jackson/Reuters)Reuters - A sculpture of the signing of the Declaration of Independence made from a one-tonne block of cheddar cheese glistened on the sidewalk of Times Square in New York on Thursday as an artist's tribute to the Fourth of July.


  • Man rips head from Hitler wax figure in Berlin (Reuters) -

    A wax figure of Adolf Hitler is pictured in a mock bunker at the German 'Madame Tussauds' in Berlin, July 3, 2008. REUTERS/Tobias SchwarzReuters - A man tore the head from a controversial waxwork figure of Adolf Hitler on the opening day of Berlin's Madame Tussauds museum on Saturday, police said.


  • Chinese man gets award for caring for quake pig (Reuters) -

    A pig, which was rescued after being buried for 36 days beneath rubble in quake-hit Sichuan province, is seen in Dayi county, Sichuan province July 1, 2008. The hog was 50 kilograms when it was found and currently weighs nearly 100 kilograms, China Daily reported. Picture taken July 1, 2008. REUTERS/China DailyReuters - A Chinese man who bought an emaciated pig who survived for 36 days under rubble after May's massive Sichuan earthquake and promised to care for it for life has been given an award by an animal rights group.


  • Restaurant makes meal out of war (Reuters) -

    Youths sit in the fast food restaurant 'Buns and Guns' in Beirut, Lebanon, June 27, 2008. The military themed restaurant opened this month in the Hezbollah-controlled southern suburbs of the Lebanese capital. The restaurant's chef wears a military outfit and its customers sit behind a wall of sandbags. Food is served under the slogan 'a sandwich can kill you'. (Cynthia Karam/Reuters)Reuters - At "Buns and Guns" you can order a "Kalashnikov" sandwich from a bullet-shaped menu, prepared by chefs in military fatigues with the roar of explosions as background music.


  • Police suspect giraffe in circus breakout (Reuters) -

    A giraffe licks its face in the Kariega Game Reserve east of Port Elizabeth, South Africa, January 5, 2008. (Alex Grimm/Reuters)Reuters - Fifteen camels, two zebras and several llamas and pot-bellied pigs escaped from a circus visiting Amsterdam early Monday, police said.


  • Swedish man wins bike for 'most ridiculous commute' (AFP) -

    The sun reflects in the spokes of a bicycle in Brest, western France. A man deemed to have the shortest and AFP - A man deemed to have the shortest and "most ridiculous commute" in Malmoe has won a bicycle as part of a campaign to reduce car traffic in the southern Swedish city , an organiser said Friday.


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