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Three-Headed Frog Found
Wildlife experts have been called to a children's nursery after the apparent discovery of a thee-headed frog.

Police Shocked by Blind Mugger
Argentine police who foiled a mugging were staggered to find one of the assailants was blind.

German Who Taught Dog Nazi Salute Sentenced
A German man who taught his dog the stiff-armed Nazi salute has been handed a 13-month suspended sentence for shouting "sieg Heil" in public and wearing a T-shirt with a picture of Adolf Hitler on it.

Perfect Spheres Seen in Mars Soil
Thousands of tiny, perfectly round spheres have been found on the dark soil around the Mars rover Opportunity.

Sixth-Sense Feeling May Be Your 'Mindsight'
Scientists demonstrated its existence in tests on volunteers which showed that some could be aware of a scene changing without understanding why.

Washington DC Pentagram
Maps of the hidden geometry of our nations capitol.

Exploding Sperm Whale Brings City to a Halt
A dead sperm whale blew up as it was being transported through a Taiwanese city, splattering cars and shops with blood and blubber.

JohnTitor.com
Time Traveller from 2036 posts to the internet?

Man Who Ate a 'Willing Victim' Denies Murder
Armin Meiwes, 42, has confessed to killing a Berlin man who answered an advertisement on the internet seeking a fit man "for slaughter."

CIA Used Dragonfly, Catfish as Spy Gadget Models
The CIA once built a mechanical dragonfly to carry a listening device, and also tested a 24-inch-long rubber robot catfish whose mission remains secret.

How to See a Ghost
A recent Gallup poll found that more than 38 percent of Americans believe in ghosts.

Vampire Case Man Jailed for 18 Years
A man who claimed to be a vampire was branded an evil and dangerous psychopath was jailed for a minimum of 18 years fo the "abominable" murder of a childhood friend.

Murder Suspect Tells Court Vampire Queen Ordered Him to Kill Friend
A man told a court that he had killed his friend on the orders of "the queen of the damned," and to become immortal as a vampire.

Refusing to Go with the Flow
Water, researchers are now discovering, remembers things.

Tiger Mauls Magician During Vegas Stage Show

Pagans Fight for Divine Rights of Old Greek Gods There is a growing pagan movement dedicated to resurrecting the religion and way of life of ancient Greece. More...

The Man Who Flew Home in a Box Charles McKinley astonished the United States and his parents by shipping himself 1,500 miles from New York to Dallas, Texas, in an airline cargo crate, all to save money on air fares.

Study into Near-Death Experiences Supports Theory of a 'Sixth Sense' The view that people are capable of paranormal feats, such as premonitions, telepathy, and out-of-body experiences, is supported by new research by the Institute of Psychiatry, which suggests the human mind may exist outside the body like an invisible magnetic field.

Blackbeard's Heirs Continue to Prey on World Shipping as Piracy Grows Rather than being consigned to history books, piracy is increasing fast.

Alien-Hunters Gaining New Respect After four decades of frequent ridicule, the astronomers seeking signs of life in the heavens are gaining some respect.

No Brainer Do you really need a brain? - Professor Lorber has identified several hundred people who have very small cerebral hemispheres but who appear to be normal intelligent individuals. Some of them he describes as having 'no detectable brain,' yet they have scored up to 120 on IQ tests.

Planting Evidence Can plants create or transmutate minerals?

A Divine Calling Searching for water through the method of dowsing is a skill lost to modern life - but it works.

Germany Debates Babies at Ballot Box Plan Parents will be trusted with their children's votes until they are of "an able age" under the plans, but families with more children will have more votes.

Fishy Death Fish takes revenge on the person who caught it!

Man Auctions Wife on Internet A man has been inundated with offers for his wife after putting her up for auction on the internet.

Toddler Crashes Dad's Car Twice in Four Days A three-year old German boy crashed his father's car twice in four days causing several thousand dollars worth of damage but escaped unharmed.

Wasps Attack Hearing Aid A high-pitched hum generated by feedback in an English pensioner's hearing aid attracted a swarm of wasps while he was gardening forcing him to flee to safety.

Needle Left in Woman's Vagina for 50 Years A Taiwanese woman, who suffered sharp pain for more than 50 years whenever she had sex, was found to have a needle in her vagina.

Ghost Expert Hunting for a New Haunt A psychologist specializing in the paranormal wants to build the world's first "haunted house" to see what spooks people, following ghostly research in Edinburgh's Old Town.

Oldest Known World Boggles Minds Astronomers have discovered the oldest known planet, a primeval world 12.7 billion years old that will force them to reconsider how and when planets form. The discovery raises the prospect that life may have begun far sooner than most scientists ever imagined.

Crash Victim Wakes From 19-Year Coma The crash occured on Friday, July 13, 1984, and he regained consciousness 19 years later on Friday, June 13, 2003.

Exorcist Calls for Crusade Against Occult Father Jim McManus said paganism and witchcraft are intertwined with evil and needed to be stamped out. [- Inquisition: The Sequel!]

In the Coils of the Naga In Thailand, legends abound of a gigantic, crested serpent called the naga, but could this mythological beast be a real, flesh-and-blood creature? . . . Legend says the nagas possess immense intelligence and magical power. They can, for instance, transform themselves into humans and walk unnoticed in the world of men. It was believed they inhabited grand underwater palaces, rather like the dragons of China.

Mystery Theme Park in Swiss Alps Marks Return for Von Daniken Erich von Daniken, who shot to fame in 1966 with his best-selling book Chariots of the Gods, has made a comeback. This time, in his homeland of Switzerland, where he has created a Disneyland-like theme park for fans of UFOs and alien abductions. [- I never knew that there were "fans" of alien abductions!]

Black Art of Avoiding a Parking Ticket A motorist has continued to park without penalty on double yellow lines outside his front door by simply painting over them.

Woman Marries Dog Really, she married a canine!

Ten-Year-Old Can of Beans Worth Thousands of Dollars Tesco offers a reward for an original tin of its own Value brand beans to take pride place at its head office on the tenth anniversary of the launch of the product.

Want to Rent a Castle?

Police Hunt Hit-and-Run Nuns Police in northern Italy search for four nuns on the run who ignored a stop sign and hit another vehicle.

A Brief History of the Multiverse This idea of multiple universes, of multiple realities, has been around for centuries. The scientific justification for it, however, is new.

Scientists Find Extrasolar Planet with Atmosphere Much Like Jupiter

If the UN Were Being Created Today... Arts & Ideas asked scholars and diplomats: if the United Nations were being created today, what would you want done differently?

Toronto Station to Air 'Naked News' "The news right now is somber and morbid; there is a lot of stress and tension in the world and this makes the news a little more carefree."

Mystery Shrouds Cloned Sheep Death "Animals don't die and decompose in 5 minutes."

Joe Dimaggio Died Convinced JFK Had Monroe Killed He was only married to Marilyn Monroe for nine turbulent months, but Joe Dimaggio, the reclusive US baseball legend, vowed he would never forgive the Kennedys for her death.

Talking Head for the Undead Lloyd Auerbach has turned the study of all things ghostly into a thriving business.

Vampire on Loose Fears Authorities have begun investigating rumors that vampires are on the loose in Malawi, despite President Bakili Muluzi's insistence the stories of marauding blood suckers were an opposition ploy to discredit the government.

Is Hussein Owner of Crashed UFO? "An UFO-related incident that occured four years ago poses a troubling question whether any kind of cooperation is possible between Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein and extraterrestrials." ... "On December 16, 1998, during Operation Desert Fox against Iraq, a video clip aired on CNN showed a UFO hovering near Baghdad; it moved away to avoid a stream of tracer anti-aircraft fire. At that time we thought it was another UFO sighting, although captured on videotape. But now, ufologists think it is much more than a mere incident."

'Bewitched' Children Are Forced to Bear Curse of Congo "According to the children's rights organization Save the Children, there are more than 20,000 children in the city who have been accused of witchcraft and abandoned by their parents."

Pygmies Tell of Congo Rebels Who 'Kill and Eat and Share' "The stories of cannibalism, said to be targeted only at pygmies and members of the Bantu Nande tribe in the region, have travelled far and wide. It is difficult to verify the tales, or know on what scale cannibalism could have taken place."

Puppeteers Go Below Belt to Find Controversy "...actually are each man's genitalia manipulated for aesthetic and humorous purposes into shapes intended to resemble (among others) a hamburger, a wind-surfer and the Eiffel Tower." More...

Are X-Men Human? A Judge Answers No "They are mutants, she declared..."

Christian Radio Host Tells Listeners to Abandon Church "He told his worldwide radio audience that Satan has taken over all churches."

Mystery Grows Around Hole in Lake "It is a lake within a frozen lake - a huge crescent of open water that, for some reason, refuses to freeze over."

Sperm Donor Website Nets First Hit "An internet sperm donor site for lesbians wanting to become parents, yesterday announced it's first pregnancy - to a heterosexual couple."

Donald Duck, bin Laden in Phone Books "In Norway, it's okay to have a phony phone listing like Donald Duck or Osama bin Laden, but if a widow wants to use her late husband's name, it's against the rules."

Berlin's 'Urine Police' Thwart Calls of Nature "Experts fear that Berlin's monuments, public plazas and other landmarks are being irreparably damaged by a steady trickle of acidic human urine."

Olive Trees at the Root of All Evil "Spain's olive groves are being plundered by tree-rustling gangs who are stealing the gnarled plants for wealthy foreign buyers."

Travel Co. Offers Nude Flight to Mexico "Those who like to bare it all on the beach can get a head start stripping in the air."

Visitor Toast Poe at Grave for 54th Year "'To me, it's magic,' said Jeff Jerome, curator of the Poe House and Museum, who spent the night inside a former Presbyterian church nearby with a small group of Poe enthusiasts he invited to watch the ritual."

Killer Rooster

Kite Violence Maybe we should register all kites and other forms of recreation too.

California Zookeepers Perplexed by Penguins Syncronized Swimming "It all started in November when six newcomer Magellannic penguins, formerly of Sea World in Aurora, Ohio, were brought in. Since then the penguin pool at the San Fransisco Zoo has been a daily frenzy of circle swimming by all of the 52 birds at once."

Driver Claims Martians Chased Him

Man Tries to Sell His Family on eBay

City Bans Smelly People From Buses

Police Lie in Wait for Black Beast of Llangadog

Euroseti to Reveal Startling UFO Images at the National Space Center

Congo Leader Denies Cannibalism "...accused the U.N. mission of being biased and said a rival rebel faction was spreading the cannibalism allegations." "...and an internal investigation found no evidence of cannibalism."

U.N. Probes Cannibalism Reports in Congo

DJ's Castro Tapes Fool Venezuelan Leader

Man Charged with Using Gas Pump as Flamethrower

Harry Potter and the Makers of Gay Internet Porn

Crocodile Spends the Day in Jail

Woman Who Refused to Wear Pants Gets Paid

Orangutans Said to Exhibit Hallmarks of Culture

Teens in Government

Police Shoot Drunk Elk After Boy Hurt

Irradiated Christmas Trees Seized

The World's First Cloned Baby, But is it True?

Playing God as Baby Eve is Born

Company Claims Birth of Human Clone

For Sale: Town with Cemetery. Asking $775,000.

Malawi Fights Rumors of Vampire Attacks

Man Falling Off of Ladder is Really a Dummy

Pig's Sunburn Leads to Lawsuit

2,800-Year-Old Frozen Microbes Found

Outrage Over 9/11 Trading Cards

Ill. H.S. Names 2 Girls 'Cutest Couple'

Talking Bush Doll Becomes a Hit

Guy Hosts TV Show in Basement

Man Bites Crocodile

6-Year-Old's Birthday Party Held at Dump

Bigfoot is Dead?

UFOs in 15th Century Paintings

Monkey Attacks 23 Women in Japan

Seeking a Legal Definition of 'Human' and 'Animal'

Dominatrix Pleads Not Guilty in Client's Death

Wesley Cracks Ancient Quest

Sticks of Chewing Gum Saved My Life

From Alice Cooper to Roofer

Alleged UFO Sighting Declassified

Wild Turkey Terrorizes Conn. Bank

Rhyming Judge Out of Synch with Peers

Mediterranean Island on Verge of Resurfacing After 170 Years

Horror Dolls Threaten Barbie

Face Transplant Plan

Mourning Becomes Electronic: A Final Webcast Place

White Witch Invited to Help Police After Series of Attacks on Horses

Atlantis of the North Discovered

25ft Ronald McDonald on the Loose in Wales

Haunted Scotland: 1 in 5 Scots Claims to Have Seen a Ghost

Dental Nurse Put the Bite on Ex-Lover

Court Told of Sex with Traffic Cone

Two Deer Burst Into D.C. McDonald's

The Reptilians Are Among Us

Zoo Staff Stunned by Shark's 'Virgin Births'

Man 'Bitten to Death' After Denying His Wife Sex

Two-Headed Baby is Born

Witches School Casts Spell on Alps

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