102-year-old man becomes US citizen
A 102-year-old Filipino man who came to California as a teenager in 1928 to pick lettuce and cabbage became an American citizen during a touching naturalisation ceremony on Wednesday at the Los Angele
Mexico doctors remove child’s 33-pound tumor
Mexican doctors say they have removed a 33-pound (15-kilogram) tumor from the body of a 2-year-old child who weighed only 26 pounds (12 kilograms).
Man robs bank, drives to police station, confesses
A suburban Portland man says he was so moved by a documentary exploring the cause of the Great Recession that he decided to rob a bank.
But apparently the film didn't make enough of an impression for
UEFA charges Spain, Russia over fans’ racist abuse
UEFA has charged the Spanish and Russian football associations for racist chants by fans at the European Championship.
Al-Qaeda trains Norwegian to attack
European security officials say a Norwegian man has received terrorist training from al-Qaeda's offshoot in Yemen and is awaiting orders to attack the West.
Western intelligence officials have long
Texas woman gets $1.4M utility bill in error
A lot of people gripe when they get high summertime electric bills. But Kristin Harriger's bill was nearly $1.4 million.
The Abilene, Texas, woman immediately called her provider, Potentia Energy. Sh
2 women in their 80s parachute for Ohio charity
Two great-grandmothers in their 80s have parachuted from a plane to raise money for a veterans' food pantry in northwest Ohio.
The Lima (LY'-muh) News reports 83-year-old Marjorie Bryan and 82-year-o
Duct tape prom dress could win Kansas teen $5,000
A Kansas teen has earned a spot as a finalist in a national design competition with a prom dress made entirely from duct tape.
Brooke Wallace, 17, of Solomon, spent more than 200 hours fashioning a w
Biden, in leaked memo, told Obama war plan flawed
As President Barack Obama considered adding as many as 40,000 U.S. forces to a backsliding war in Afghanistan in 2009, Vice President Joe Biden warned him that the military rationale for doing so was
Egypt president-elect starts consultations on team
Egypt's new president-elect, Islamist Mohammed Morsi, moved into the office once occupied by ousted leader Hosni Mubarak and started consultations on Monday on forming his team and a new government, a