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Nepal appoints 3-year-old as new living goddess
Hindu and Buddhist priests chanted sacred hymns and cascaded flowers and grains of rice over a 3-year-old girl who was appointed a living goddess in Nepal on Tuesday.
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Man nabbed for skinny dipping in Japan palace moat
Police have apprehended a Western man who went skinny dipping in a moat ringing the Imperial Palace in a busy Tokyo business district, attracting a huge crowd, officials said Tuesday.
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Woman seeks new route after 2 intersection wrecks
An intersection in southeastern Idaho has proven unlucky for a woman who's been in two car accidents at the same crossroads since August. Kris Payne was driving at the intersection of Pole Line and Eldredge roads on Thursday when another driver ran a red light and collided into her Chevy Blazer.
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Extremely drunk R.I. driver pleads no contest
A man who state police said had a blood alcohol level more than six times the legal limit when he was arrested in July has pleaded no contest to drunken driving.
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'Bra Bandit' strikes again in southwest Florida
There's a bra bandit on the loose in southwest Florida. The Lee County Sheriff's Office was searching for an individual they say stole 160 bras valued at nearly $6,000 on Thursday from a Victoria Secret store, the latest in a string of bra burglaries in the area.
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86 cats rescued from 2-bedroom condo in Colorado
A Glenwood Springs animal shelter was trying to find homes for 86 cats rescued from a two-bedroom condominium. The Colorado Animal Rescue Shelter received the cats on Wednesday. Since then, workers have been scrambling to accommodate the animals at area shelters and homes.
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Farmer carves out Calif. record with huge pumpkin
That's a lot of pumpkin seeds. A Canadian farmer has won a contest in California with a pumpkin that weighs more than 1,500 pounds.
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'Smoot' measurement reaches new heights at MIT
The father of a measurement known as the "Smoot" returned Saturday to be honored at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, the school where he and his fraternity brothers invented it 50 years ago.
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GOP, Democrats battle in Pa. over voter dress code
Sue Nace thought election volunteers were joking when they told her she would have to remove her T-shirt to vote in the presidential primary last spring.
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Chinese wins tightrope contest across Seoul river
A professional tightrope walker from China zipped along a wire strung across the Han River in just under 11 minutes to win Seoul's second international high-wire championship, which concluded Saturday.
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Christina Smith stabbing death caseSgt. Christina Smith was stabbed to death on Sept. 30 while walking with her husband near their house.
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Watch 2008 debatesN.C. voters have two tough choices to make at leadership positions. Play back the debate video from races from president to lt. governor and see…
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Voters talk about big issues of 2008Energy, the economy, health care and the war in Iraq resonate most with voters in the upcoming presidential election.
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North Carolina upends UConn 38-12The Heels made a strong statement with their resounding victory over previously undefeated UConn Saturday night.
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State comes up short against Boston College, 38-31N.C. State came back from a 14-point defecit in the 4th quarter against Boston College, but lost the game when the Eagles scored a touchdown with…
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