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Butter smeared on bridge hinders suicide attempts, and more
feature Chinese officials have smeared butter along a 1,000-foot-long steel bridge in Guangzhou to stop people from jumping off.
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Makers of Axe body spray sued for false advertising, and more
feature An Indian man is suing the makers of Axe body spray, claiming that in seven years of using the product he has yet to find a girlfriend.
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No mink coat for Suri Cruise, age 3, and more
feature According to The National Enquirer, Suri Cruise threw a tantrum in a Boston department store when Katie Holmes wouldn’t buy her the mink coat she wanted.
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Drunk Minnesotan crashes motorized La-Z-Boy chair, and more
feature Dennis Anderson had a blood-alcohol level more than three times above the legal limit when he crashed his La-Z-Boy recliner—powered by a lawn mower engine —into a parked car near his home.
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Polish man, believed drowned, resurfaces, and more
feature A police search for a Polish man believed to have drowned himself in a lake ended when the man showed up, wondering what all the fuss was about.
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A sensor dispenser for holy water, and more
feature To combat swine flu, an Italian inventor has devised a touch-free holy water dispenser.
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Monks claim Boston boy is a reincarnated Buddhist high priest
feature An 11-year-old Boston boy is moving to India after recalling a previous life as a Buddhist high priest.
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A parrot in congress, and more
feature A British woman woke up from a nap to find her parrot having sex with her hat.
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Living with dead siblings, and more
feature An Illinois woman in her 90s has been found sharing a house with the corpses of her three dead siblings.
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Burglars foiled when getaway van is stolen, and more
feature A Washington state man turned the tables on burglars who were ransacking his home by stealing their getaway van.
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Collie becomes frozen to sidewalk, and more
feature An elderly dog is recovering after a night spent frozen to a Wisconsin sidewalk.
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Palazzo Versace's refrigerated beach, and more
feature The Versace fashion house is opening a hotel that will feature the world’s first refrigerated beach.
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Georgia inmate sneaks back into jail, and more
feature An inmate escaped from jail and then returned with 14 stolen cartons of cigarettes.
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Venomous spider bite cures paraplegic
feature A California paraplegic who used a wheelchair for 20 years recovered his ability to walk after he was bitten by a spider.
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