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Share + Feb 8, 2010 4:13 pm US/Central 1 of 1 Quarterback Drew Brees of the New Orleans Saints reacts after defeating the Indianapolis Colts during Super Bowl XLIV on Feb.
Some of the best ads skewered the male ego, with help from a tough tyke and Betty White.
A GI waterboarded his 4-year-old daughter in their suburban Tacoma, Wash. , home because she couldn't recite the alphabet, police reported.
A Canadian man has been permanently banned from a coffee shop chain for complaining that his brew tasted like "brown, burnt water."
An Indian doormat maker claims to have the best way to stop dirt getting in the house in the current bad weather - after inventing the world's longest doormat measuring more than 330 feet.
A Scottish pensioner has become one of only seven living people to hold judo's highest rank.
Communication skills were clearly lacking in a woman who police said tried to rob two Memphis credit unions.
A pot-smoking parolee in Colorado faces criminal charges for allegedly offering a cash bribe to try to pass a drug test.
An Alaska dentist has given a bald eagle a unique beak - using a temporary crown, sticky poster putty and yellow highlighter.
Crates of Scotch whisky and brandy have been recovered from the ice under the Antarctic hut where Ernest Shackleton stayed.
If you trust a rodent to predict when winter will end, how about an ape to guide your Super Bowl winner selection? The Oregon Zoo's youngest orangutan, Kutai, showed no hesitation Friday in selecting an Indianapolis Colts T-shirt during the annual football forecasting event at the zoo.
A Louisiana high school student says he was sent home for wearing an Indianapolis Colts jersey after the principal encouraged students to wear jerseys supporting the New Orleans Saints in the Super Bowl.
It was a scary scene Thursday on the campus of Georgia Tech in Atlanta. Authorities there said a former graduate student brought a samurai sword to the campus and stabbed a university researcher.
The anonymity of the Internet is well-known, and Craiglist has been through a lot of controversy over its "erotic services" section, including a connection with the "Craigslist Killer." Now, with Internet anonymity involved, two men are accused in a rape; one for the rape, and one for "arranging it" via Craigslist.
Police say a man suspected of stealing a bottle of Schnapps from a Wyoming grocery store didn't have the best escape route planned.
People probably can't tip cows, but a cow tipped a person in Knoxville. Then it stepped on him.
In an absurd twist of fate and a rather distinct and unusual statement on the need to recycle, residents of Shanghai got the surprise of their life when earlier this month a major new bridge collapsed, revealing its components to be mostly rubbish and not concrete! Spanning the Wusong River in central Shanghai, the river has represented an ...
Police say a heroin addict pretended to be an employee at a western Pennsylvania Kmart so he could steal merchandise to feed his drug habit.
Latvia on Friday sold a deserted town built around a Soviet-era radar station to a Russian investor who bid $3.1 million at an unusual auction, officials said.
