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Even the White House's top spokesman is getting in on the act of mocking former Republican vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin for looking to talking points written on her palm during a speech to "tea party" activists.

The Harlem Globetrotters have a new way to beat the Washington Generals: on ice.

A British broadcaster has been convicted of animal cruelty after two reality show contestants skinned, cooked and ate a rat during filming in Australia.

A Russian man is half the weight he used to be after surgeons sliced 267 pounds of fat from his body.

A 31-year-old Indiana man says he had no food but kept himself hydrated with Mountain Dew and snow while he was stuck in his snow-covered SUV in southwestern Colorado for three days.

Villagers in China have caught some alien-looking fish from a lake in a mountain cave 1,000m below the ground.

Authorities said a man accused of stealing a car then reporting it stolen remains in custody after telling police he was robbed at gunpoint while trying to buy crack cocaine with a credit card.

New Castle County Police said a man pointed a gun at a neighbor who was shoveling snow on Saturday at the Hampton Walk Apartments.

Sheriff's deputies said a 17-year-old boy crashed his parents' car through the doors of Shorecrest High School in Shoreline, then drove it down the hall.

New Zealanders who for decades have endured jokes about being outnumbered 20-to-1 by sheep have a new farm animal majority to worry about: cows.

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.

Chen Chuanliu is an unlicensed rickshaw driver in the city of Beijing who felt the most secure way to keep his two-year old son Lao Lu from being abducted is to chain him to a lamp post with a thick chain and padlock. A month prior his four-year old sister was abducted, a grim reminder of the prevalence of child abduction in China.

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.