Ice wedding in Russia
2011-01-25 09:58:43
Sergey Kaunov, a member of a local winter swimmers' club, carries his bride Irina Kuzmenko out of water as they celebrate their wedding on the bank of Yenisey River where the air temperature was about -30 degrees Celsius (-22 degree Fahrenheit) in the Russia's Siberian city of Krasnoyarsk, January 22, 2011.
Germany's new sensation: A cross-eyed Opossum
2011-01-13 08:03:44
She's middle-aged, gray-haired and stays up all night. Still, Heidi the cross-eyed opossum is Germany's biggest media sensation, and she has not even made her debut at the Leipzig Zoo.
Curses! Romania's witches forced to pay income tax
2011-01-06 09:58:11
Everyone curses the tax man, but Romanian witches angry about having to pay up for the first time are planning to use cat excrement and dead dogs to cast spells on the president and government.
Giant crayfish found in Tennessee is new species
2011-01-20 10:37:08
A new species of giant crayfish literally crawled out from under a rock in Tennessee, proving that large new species of animals can be found in highly populated and well-explored places, researchers said on Wednesday.
Oldest elephant in North America dies at 71
2011-01-20 07:57:23
Taj brought joy over the years to California theme park visitors
Cleaner plays Popeye the Sailor
2011-01-18 11:16:37
William Chavarriaga, 49-year-old cleaner at the Olaya Herrera Airport, poses as a cartoon character "Popeye the Sailor" during an interview with local media in Medellin Jan 17, 2011.
Century-old scotch returned from Antarctic trip
2011-01-18 10:28:38
Some people brag about serving scotch whisky that's 15 years old. But three bottles of Mackinlays scotch flown to Scotland by private jet Monday date back to the late 19th Century.
Century-old scotch returned from Antarctic trip
2011-01-18 10:28:38
Some people brag about serving scotch whisky that's 15 years old. But three bottles of Mackinlays scotch flown to Scotland by private jet Monday date back to the late 19th Century.
Oldest living African-American dies at 113
2011-01-16 07:04:28
A Louisiana woman believed to have been the oldest living African-American and one of the last children of US slaves has died at age 113.
Trainer crushed by elephant
2011-01-16 08:04:32
An 8,000-pound elephant at a Tennessee zoo backed a trainer into a wall and crushed her to death, and the zoo said on Saturday it had temporarily closed its elephant exhibit.
Cuban man celebrates 111th birthday
2011-01-14 14:36:05
Ignacio Cubilla Banos sits in his house during his 111th birthday celebration in Havana, Cuba, on Jan 13, 2011.
Toddler left on track survives coming train
2011-01-08 17:01:21
A girl is miraculously alive in Argentina after her mother lowered her onto the tracks just as a train was coming into the station.
