Family farm's Rent-A-Chick program helps it survive
A small South Carolina sea island family farm that has tapped the growing agriculture tourism market in order to survive has launched its ‘Rent-A-Chick’ program just in time for Easter.
The Legare fa
NY zoo cobra named Mia: "missing in action"
The venomous Egyptian cobra that slithered its way to fame by escaping its enclosure at New York's Bronx Zoo for a week before being recaptured has been given a name, Mia, as in ‘missing in action.’
Lone gunman shoots six dead in Dutch shopping mall
A lone gunman shot dead six people with an automatic weapon as he walked calmly through a Dutch shopping mall on Saturday, and threatened to blow up three other shopping malls before eventually killin
Japan ready to stop pumping radioactive water into sea
Japan hopes to stop pumping radioactive water into the sea on Sunday which should help ease concerns in neighbouring China and South Korea over the spread of radiation from the worst nuclear crisis si
No US budget deal, govt shutdown looms
With a midnight deadline looming, the White House and Congress scrambled on Friday to break a budget impasse that threatens to shut down the US government.
Obama, Congress in deal to avert government shutdown
U.S. President Barack Obama congressional leaders reached a last-minute budget deal on Friday, averting a government shutdown, Republican lawmakers said.
With a midnight deadline looming for a govern
Paris Hilton won't return borrowed jewels?
Paris Hilton is holding $60,000 of jewelry that does not belong to her and should give it back, a new lawsuit contends.
German insurer Allianz has sued the celebrity socialite, saying she has ignored
Maine legalizing switchblades for one-armed people
Maine lawmakers on Wednesday approved legalizing switchblades for people with one arm, moving close to becoming the first state to make such an exception to laws that ban use of the spring-action kniv
Libya rebels turn pink
After a second embarassing incident of friendly fire by Nato jets, rebel chiefs in Libya are now painting their vehicles pink, The Envoy has reported.
At least four rebel fighters were killed after c
Friday protests sweep Arab world, 22 die in Syria
Protests erupted across much of the Arab world on the Muslim day of prayer, with demonstrators killed in Syria and Yemen while Egyptians staged one of the biggest rallies since President Hosni Mubarak