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Woman hopes to become world's fattest
OLD BRIDGE, N.J. � This girl�s dreaming big!
Donna Simpson, 42, of Old Bridge, N.J., already tips the scales at 600 pounds but says she won�t be satisfied until she�s porked herself up to 1,000 - to grab the title of world�s fattest woman, the London D
Nine more Michael Jackson albums coming under new $250M dealSony Music has signed one of the richest recording deals in history � with Michael Jackson. The $250 million (U.S.) contract with the King of Pop�s estate gives Sony nine more albums (plus the rights to last year�s This Is It soundtrack) over the next se
Image of Jesus 'appears in a frying pan'
An image of Jesus has appeared in burned bacon fat at the bottom of a frying pan, it has been claimed. Toby Elles, 22, made the discovery after burning the food when he fell asleep while cooking.
Man working on home computer bit by stray snake
PETERBOROGH, Ont. - An Ontario man was treated in hospital and released after he was attacked by a three-foot California king snake while he was working at his computer just after midnight Thursday.
Police: Retiree punched kids at Walmart for funCaught in the act at his local Walmart on Wednesday night, Ralph Conone admitted that for months he'd been punching children on the backs of their heads with his keys in his fist, Columbus police said yesterday.
RCMP cruiser crashes into senior's garage
An 85-year-old Canora, Sask., woman says she got the shock of her life after a police car crashed into her garage on Saturday night, wrecking the building and the car inside.
Inmate too sick for execution
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) � Gov. Ted Strickland on Monday postponed the execution of a convicted killer who managed to take an overdose of pills in his death row cell and was found unconscious just hours before he was to be driven to his execution.
Garbage spies feared in Britain
LONDON - Monitored by millions of cameras and spied on by a secretive domestic intelligence network, Britons could be forgiven for feeling up in arms over the latest threat to their privacy: Intelligent garbage bins that can monitor how much they throw ou
Unsolved theft one-of-a-kind
WINNIPEG - Police are hoping to bust these guys.
Investigators are looking for two males caught on camera stealing a one-of-a-kind statue and hand sanitizer station from the Winnipeg Convention Centre.
Woman called 911 for more smokes
SAULT STE. MARIE, Ont. - A Northern Ontario woman was charged with mischief on Tuesday after police say she wouldn't stop calling 911 to ask them to pick her up some smokes.
Australian house booby-trapped with 50 fake bombs
SYDNEY � A Sydney bomb squad evacuated neighbours and sent in robots to clear dozens of suspected explosives strewn about the house of a man who recently died, only to discover the devices were all fake, officials said Wednesday.
2 suspended after kids allowed to direct air traffic
The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration said Wednesday it has placed an air traffic controller and supervisor at New York's John F. Kennedy Airport on administrative leave after the controller allowed two children to communicate with planes last month.
2 B.C. teen friends die suddenly
Police in Richmond and Burnaby are investigating the recent sudden deaths of two teenage females within hours of each other early Tuesday.
Huge wave kills 2 on cruise ship
BARCELONA, Spain (AP) � A 26-foot wave smashed into a cruise ship carrying nearly 2,000 people in the Mediterranean on Wednesday, smashing glass windshields and killing two passengers, according to officials and news reports.
Boy grows Fish Scales
Fourteen month old Song Sheng was born with Lamellar Ichthyosis. He has no pores and therefore can not sweat to cool his body down. His parents are trying to get him help but have not been successful.
Report: Son of Hamas founder was top Israeli agentJERUSALEM (AP) - The son of one of Hamas' founders served as a top informant for Israel for more than a decade, providing top-secret intelligence that helped prevent dozens of suicide bombings and other attacks against Israelis, a newspaper reported Wedne
Britain releases new UFO filesLondon, England (CNN) -- A hovering Toblerone and a silky-white residue join near-misses and strange lights in the British government's latest release of its files on UFO sightings.
Made public Thursday, the files are the fifth collection of records ab
Smelly passenger removed from plane
An American who hoped to travel on a flight from Charlottetown to Montreal earlier this month was removed from the plane because he smelled.
Health rumours persist as Kim Jong Il turns 68
SEOUL, South Korea - North Koreans celebrated leader Kim Jong Il's 68th birthday - one of the country's most important holidays - on Tuesday amid persistent questions about his health and the future leadership of the communist nation.
Alcoholism led to firing, man complains
A Charlottetown man has laid a complaint with the P.E.I. Human Rights Commission, saying he was fired from his job with an insurance broker because of his addiction to alcohol.
Killer tiger's location unknown
A month after Southwold resident Norman Buwalda, 66, was mauled to death by his pet tiger, the big cat is nowhere to be found.
Coyote attacks N.B. womanA New Brunswick woman who wrestled with a coyote Wednesday was still shaken hours afterwards but managed to walk away needing only a tetanus shot and a bandage.
Couple caught in act at concert go scot free
Two amorous Motley Crue fans will not face a police investigation after they were filmed having sex in a crowded section of Winnipeg's MTS Centre during the band's concert last Friday.
Man phones woman 100 times in a day
A 30-year-old London, Ont., man is charged with criminal harassment after allegedly phoning a woman who spurned his advances nearly 100 times.
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