
Game of cat and mouse blacks out city
May 16, 2008 10:22 AM ET

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TIRANA (Reuters) - A cat chasing a mouse in Tirana's main power
station caused a 72-hour blackout across parts of the Albanian
capital, the electricity company said on Friday.

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Oh deer! Man cops wrath of amorous stag
May 16, 2008 10:21 AM ET

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SYDNEY (Reuters) - An Australian man was gored in the thigh on
Friday by an amorous stag after entering a deer paddock in the
middle of the breeding season.

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Canadian pierces lover's heart in botched sex game
May 16, 2008 10:20 AM ET

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OTTAWA (Reuters) - A Canadian man who asked his lover to carve
a heart-shaped symbol on his chest during a rough sex game almost
died when she accidentally pressed too hard and punctured his
heart, a newspaper said on Thursday.

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Icelandic museum offers long and short of male organ
May 15, 2008 09:06 PM ET

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HUSAVIK, Iceland (Reuters) - Sigurdur Hjartarson is missing a
human penis. But he's not worried: four men have promised to
donate theirs to him when they die.

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"No, after you - I'm just here to rob the place!"
May 15, 2008 10:23 AM ET

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SYDNEY (Reuters) - A man politely waited his turn in a queue
at a busy central Sydney post office before jumping over the
counter, grabbing money from two tills and running off, police
said on Thursday.

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Wedding day fireworks land groom in jail
May 15, 2008 10:23 AM ET

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ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) - Bridegroom Kedir Mohamed wanted his wedding
day to go with a bang and decided to celebrate by letting off
firecrackers after the ceremony.

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Inmates showcase designs at prison show
May 15, 2008 04:17 PM ET

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MILAN (Reuters) - The models are strutting past and the celebrities
are carefully eyeing the collections, but it's not at every
fashion show that you see prison guards by the catwalk.

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"Snake man" slithers out of prison cell
May 14, 2008 10:34 AM ET

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VIENNA (Reuters) - A man has escaped from his Austrian jail cell
by squeezing through a food hatch in the door, police said on
Wednesday.

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Green aliens, UFOs said to visit
May 14, 2008 01:53 PM ET

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LONDON (Reuters) - Aliens from outer space have been visiting
Britain for years and UFO sightings doubled after the film Close
Encounters was released in 1977, according to secret files collating
reports by members of the public.

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Watchdog raps Skins over "orgy" poster
May 14, 2008 02:08 PM ET

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LONDON (Reuters) - The advertising watchdog has banned a poster
for a teenage TV drama series that featured a dishevelled, semi-naked
young woman sitting on a bed, surrounded by couples apparently
taking part in an orgy.

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