Refused a kiss, 92-year-old woman fires gun

2011-03-25 16:25:49

Helen Staudinger, 92, wanted a kiss. But authorities say after her 53-year-old neighbor refused, the central Florida woman aimed a semi-automatic pistol at his house and fired four times.

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.

Masked love sealed with a kiss

2011-03-23 15:12:43

A couple wearing masks they randomly bought on their way to the West Lake kiss by the lake in Hangzhou.

Autopsy shows bear Knut died of brain damage

2011-03-23 14:39:37

File photo of polar bear cub Knut during his first presentation in Berlin zoo, March 23, 2007.

WWII machine gun found in Lithuanian mail

2011-03-23 09:53:05

Lithuanian customs and postal officials say they have found a fully functional machine gun dating from World War II, complete with ammunition, in a package at Vilnius International Airport.

Russia to auction Yeltsin hideaway

2011-03-21 13:31:09

The Kremlin is auctioning off a vacation spot much loved by the late Russian president, a lakeside hotel complex in the woods of Karelia, east of Finland, complete with covered tennis court, sauna, boathouse and boiler room.

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.

Obama says he was bullied at school

2011-03-11 10:13:25

School bullying is not a rite of passage for youth, Obama said on Thursday as part of an initiative to change the way Americans perceive the dangerous behavior.

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.

Moon and Earth closest encounter in 19 years

2011-03-10 15:06:43

The moon is about to witness its closest encounter with the Earth since 1992 on March 19 this year, according to a report on Life's Little Mysteries, a sister site of SPACE.com.