Teen in recovery from accidental haunted house hanging (Reuters)
2011-11-03 10:32:24
Reuters - A teenager who was accidentally tangled in a hangman's noose while acting at a Halloween haunted house was out of intensive care on Wednesday and recovering from the incident that left her briefly not breathing and unconscious, police said.

Parishioners asked to attend church unarmed (Reuters)
2011-11-02 09:14:46
Reuters - MILWAUKEE (Reuters)- Roman Catholic bishops in Wisconsin are urging their parishioners not to bring weapons to church now that a new law permits state residents to carry concealed firearms.

Sculpture of Ai WeiWei corpse spooks German town (Reuters)
2011-11-02 09:14:00
Reuters - A mock corpse of Chinese dissident artist Ai WeiWei in an art gallery has caused commotion in a small German town, leading some panicked residents, mistaking the statue for a real body, to alert the police.

Sailor falls off boat, saved by mobile call (Reuters)
2011-11-01 11:43:05
Reuters - French sailing star Florence Arthaud fell off her boat during a pee break but rescuers whisked her from Mediterranean waters in the early hours of Sunday after she called her mother by mobile phone.

Woman gets cold cash rather than cold cuts (Reuters)
2011-11-01 11:42:52
Reuters - A butcher shop employee in the German town of Braunschweig inadvertently handed a customer a bag containing more than 2,000 euros (,835) in cold cash rather than the cold cuts she usually gets.

Naked and drunk motorist crashes into 17 cars (Reuters)
2011-10-31 09:46:56
Reuters - A naked and drunk motorist sped through central Moscow on Sunday, crashing into 17 cars before being stopped by police who chased him across a large part of the capital, state television said.