A manager of Chicago's Navy Pier rode the tourist spot's Ferris wheel for more than two days _ 384 times, up and around _ bringing the world record for the longest ride to the birthplace of the amusement park favorite.
Fri, 5/24/2013 1:07 AM
Researchers say Thailand is showing the world how to respond to the global food crisis: by raising bugs for eating.
Fri, 5/24/2013 1:07 AM
One mistake by a clumsy crane operator caused a 10-hour blackout over about a third of Vietnam, exposing the fragility of the nation's power grid.
Fri, 5/24/2013 1:07 AM
For bicyclist Rudi Saldia, you could say a cat is his co-pilot.
Fri, 5/24/2013 1:07 AM
A man wanted for 13 years on attempted murder charges in Los Angeles was captured in Colorado after someone called police to report he was urinating on a wall outside a KFC restaurant.
Fri, 5/24/2013 1:07 AM
Dan Brown's description of Manila as "the gates of hell" in the American novelist's latest book has not gone down well with officials in the Philippine capital.
Fri, 5/24/2013 1:07 AM
Dan Brown's description of Manila as "the gates of hell" in the American novelist's latest book has not gone down well with officials in the Philippine capital.
Thu, 5/23/2013 11:31 PM
Anchorage police say a young man who didn't want to return to jail ran out onto the uncertain ice of an Alaska lake to escape officers armed with an arrest warrant.
Thu, 5/23/2013 5:03 PM
Three members of a Michigan city council have abstained from voting on a measure that would have prevented them from abstaining on future votes.
Thu, 5/23/2013 5:03 PM
Three members of a Michigan city council have abstained from voting on a measure that would have prevented them from abstaining on future votes.
Thu, 5/23/2013 12:32 PM
Dan Brown's description of Manila as "the gates of hell" in the American novelist's latest book has not gone down well with officials in the Philippine capital.
Thu, 5/23/2013 5:07 AM
Denmark's Emmelie de Forest has won this year's Eurovision Song Contest with her ethno-inspired flute and drum tune "Only Teardrops," despite tough competition from spectacular stage shows by performers from Azerbaijan and Ukraine.
Thu, 5/23/2013 5:06 AM
An Australian politician says he has learned a valuable lesson in social networking after he "liked" a Facebook photo without realizing that it showed a teenage prankster exposing himself.
Thu, 5/23/2013 4:32 AM
For bicyclist Rudi Saldia, you could say a cat is his co-pilot.
Thu, 5/23/2013 4:32 AM
A Washington woman whose car was stolen from her apartment complex saw the stolen SUV hours later _ in the drive-thru of the McDonald's restaurant where she works.
Tue, 5/21/2013 7:03 PM
An anteater has given birth at a Connecticut conservation center, prompting officials there to wonder how the mother conceived.
Tue, 5/21/2013 7:02 PM
An Oregon funeral home in Eugene offers natural burials where the ride to the person's final resting place is on the back of a three-wheeled bicycle.
Tue, 5/21/2013 7:02 PM
A Houston-area high school senior has bagged a 14-foot, 800 pound alligator _ the heaviest ever certified in Texas _ on his first alligator hunt.
Tue, 5/21/2013 9:32 AM
Residents of a New York luxury apartment building are livid over an exhibition of photos secretly snapped through their apartment windows.
Tue, 5/21/2013 9:31 AM
A manager of Chicago's Navy Pier rode the tourist spot's Ferris wheel for more than two days, bringing the world record for the longest ride to the birthplace of the amusement park favorite.
Mon, 5/20/2013 10:03 AM
