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Airport stops women with human remains in suitcase
MUNICH, Germany - Two Italian women carrying luggage containing the remains of a man who died in Brazil 11 years ago were stopped by Mun...

Guns and fists as "snow rage" erupts
By David Ljunggren QUEBEC CITY, Quebec - Although Canada is one of the snowiest countries in the world, a series of violent "sno...

Wonder what his mob nickname is...
ROME - A court in Sicily has ruled that an accused Mafioso can be put under house arrest because he is too fat for any Italian jail. ...

Burned alive for "not washing feet"
BEIJING - A Chinese bride burned her new husband to death after he got into bed after a drunken argument without washing his feet, state...

Brakes hit for Corvette honors
By Karey Wutkowski DETROIT - Chicken, cornhole and Corvettes. An effort to honor General Motors ' iconic Corvette as the official...

Cleric attacks hardliners over wedding dance
RIYADH - A prominent Saudi Arabian cleric has issued a rare public attack on religious hardliners angry over a video showing him dancing...

Yes, I'd like to renew this, please...
HELSINKI - A Finnish library-goer apparently thought 'better late than never ' and quietly returned a book on loan for more than 100 ye...

"Client 9" T-shirts hit the Web
NEW YORK - Who really is "Client 9 "? The New York Times says it 's the code name for New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer in court paper...

Tackling urban gridlock with foldable car
By Allyn Fisher-Ilan CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts - Wouldn 't it be nice to drive a car into town without worrying about finding a pa...

Nicaraguans celebrate mass for dogs, pray for cures
MASAYA, Nicaragua - Hundreds of dogs, many dressed as babies or clowns, were taken to celebrate mass in this Nicaraguan town on Sunday, ...