Thursday January 15, 2009 Updated10:45 PM PST
There will be 5,000 port-a-potties available for Barack Obama's inauguration. But with crowds of 2 million possible, that may not be nearly enough.
A Facebook photo showing Uruguay's interior minister in the shower has scandalized opposition leaders, who called her an "exhibitionist."
A drunken Long Island driver switched places with his passenger -- but the new driver also was intoxicated.
Thousands apply to Australia's Queensland state for its latest advertised vacancy — a $100K contract to relax in the Great Barrier Reef for six months while blogging to promote Hamilton Island.
In a scene straight out of the movie "A Christmas Story," a 10-year-old Indiana boy got his tongue stuck to a metal pole.
A collector has hired Lithuania's most famous self-styled witch to hunt down companies and individuals who are failing to pay their debts.
Columbus, Ohio, police have arrested a man they say was responsible for a Web site where customers could post reviews of prostitutes.
A New Jersey man posed as a female animal doctor, police say, running an illegal veterinary practice and setting up a phony rescue agency that may have duped pet lovers out of thousands.
A 26-year-old Massachusetts man may want to avoid a certain pizza place after he was shot in front of the restaurant twice in less than a year.
An eastern Missouri man faces charges for allegedly trying to hire a hitman to beat his daughter.
A woman who worked for the U.S. Department of Agriculture in Kansas City is accused of running an online prostitution business through her government office computer.
Peru's top court said showing up to work drunk isn't enough to get you fired, and less so if you aren't likely to put others at risk.
Police say three New Jersey siblings whose names have Nazi connotations have been placed in the custody of the state.
Firefighters said goats may have started a fire that destroyed a home near Norwalk in central Iowa.
A Pennsylvania couple is behind bars after police say they failed to call the bank when a glitch put $175,000 in their account.
A Wisconsin woman who enrolled in high school under her daughter's name and tried out for the cheerleading squad has been committed to a mental health facility for three years.
A flier headlined "Why I hate Black History Month" that was sent home with St. Louis-area schoolchildren has been tweaked after a handful of complaints.
Change you can believe in: For one night, the Brooklyn Cyclones minor league baseball team is swapping its name in tribute to Barack Obama.
The woman whose estranged husband is demanding $1.5 million for the kidney he gave her during happier times denies accusations that she was unfaithful.
The company that owns the popular television show sued in federal court to stop the weekly "Stripper Idol" contest at Palazio Men's Club in Austin, Texas.
Sheriff's officials in Idaho said they are running blood tests on about 192 jail inmates who may have shaved with used, disposable razors.
A 26-year-old man and his father were arrested by an off-duty Muncie police officer after the man cut in line at a Wal-Mart store.
Police have arrested a man in Greenfield, Monterey County, for allegedly arranging to sell his 14-year-old daughter into marriage in exchange for $16,000, 100 cases of beer and several cases of meat.
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