Loner pesters police with calls for arrest
2012-03-22 08:13:52
A man in Chongqing called the police hotline 110 repeatedly over the past eight months to report false cases because he wanted to be arrested.
Premarital chastity backer seeks love
2012-03-21 16:40:54
Tu Shiyou, a 38-year-old single woman who runs Preserve Virginity, a website dedicated to promoting virginity before marriage, posted a personal ad on Sina Weibo seeking a husband.
Girl makes poem calenda for lover
2012-02-13 15:03:49
Xiao Xue has prepared a special gift for her boyfriend: She wrote poems about the 12 most touching moments in their relationship, for a calendar, one poem for each month.
Dolls modeled real-life couple to surprise girlfriend
2012-02-13 14:59:10
A man surnamed Zhou, who works for a real estate company in Weihai, Shandong province, went into a gift shop on Feb 8 and ordered a unique gift for his girlfriend: a pair of dolls.
Couples want matching plastic surgery
2012-02-13 14:58:32
A couple in Chengdu have consulted a cosmetic hospital for plastic surgery because they want look more alike, Chengdu Evening News reports.
Love story, canine edition
2012-02-13 14:33:06
And this just in, in time for Valentine's Day: a Beijing man and his dog have been re-united after an absence of seven years.
Dad forces son to run naked in chilly snow
2012-02-08 07:57:57
A man calling himself "eagle dad" recently stirred up a public controversy after he uploaded a video of his 4-year-old son, whom he had forced to run naked in the snow, to the Internet.
Want weird weather? Come to Oklahoma!
2011-11-14 10:53:09
After one of the strangest local weather days in memory, an Oklahoma woman with a sense of humor asked on Twitter earlier this week.
Stolen wedding album returned 17 yrs later
2011-11-14 10:23:58
A wedding album which went missing when a caravan was stolen in Northern Ireland 17 years ago has mysteriously reappeared at the home of its owners.
Strapped county sacks Santa to save $660
2011-11-09 14:36:15
Faced with the difficult task of balancing a budget in austere times, officials in New York's Suffolk County said they had to sack Santa Claus.
Russian man kept 29 dead bodies at home
2011-11-09 14:14:03
Russia's Interior Ministry says police have arrested a man who kept 29 mummified bodies at his apartment and dressed them up like dolls.
Top Paris store drops carols for rock n roll X-mas
2011-11-14 10:59:38
Live rock and roll is replacing recorded Christmas carols in the windows of Galeries Lafayette as the Parisian department store seeks to drum up curiosity, and client numbers, for this year's gift-buying season.