Exploration company finds sunken ship of silver

TAMPA, Florida (AP) -- A Florida deep-sea exploration company with a record of finding sunken treasure has discovered a ship filled with silver 8,000 feet beneath the North Atlantic Ocean, the firm said Monday.Odyssey Marine Exploration Inc. said it found the remains of the SS Mantola, which sank on

Oct. 11, 2011

Judge sets $1 million bond in US fetal abduction

MILWAUKEE (AP) -- A woman who faked a pregnancy and panicked as her supposed due date grew near attacked a pregnant mother with a baseball bat and cut her full-term fetus from her womb, killing the mother and baby, according to court documents filed Monday.Annette Morales-Rodriguez, 33, faces one co

Oct. 11, 2011

Japan donor leaves 10 million yen gift in public toilet

TOKYO (AFP) - An anonymous donor has left a wad of cash worth $131,000 in a public toilet in Japan, with instructions it be used to help victims of the March earthquake and tsunami, an official said Thursday.A plastic shopping bag, containing 10 million yen, was found on September22 in a toilet for

Sept. 29, 2011

Ex-porn star aims to clean up Italian politics

ROME (AFP) - Italy's flamboyant ex-porn star and former politician Cicciolina plans to set up a new political party as the antithesis to her country's corrupt politics, according to excerpts from an interview published Tuesday."We want to set up an optimistic party of the future. Enough with these p

Sept. 28, 2011

China tax department's yacht sparks outcry

BEIJING (AFP) - Officials in eastern China have triggered public outrage by claiming that a $425,000 yacht bought with government money was intended for collecting taxes.Images of the 32-metre (100-foot) yacht appeared on social media sites in China, sparking a furious reaction from bloggers who cal

Sept. 27, 2011

Willow the cat is reunited with owners in NYC

NEW YORK (AP) -- Five years after she went missing from her Colorado home, Willow the cat has been reunited with her owners in New York City.How the calico cat ended up on a Manhattan street remains a mystery. But three children and their parents are certainly glad that she'll be headed home with th

Sept. 25, 2011

Russian tycoon punches fellow billionaire on TV

MOSCOW (AP) — A Russian tycoon has punched a fellow billionaire on a television panel show after a discussion on the financial crisis degenerated into petty name-calling.Alexander Lebedev, a former KGB operative and owner of two major newspapers in Britain, wrote on his blog that property deve

Sept. 19, 2011

Court upholds murder conviction in baby's death

ATLANTA (AP) -- The top court in the U.S. state of Georgia on Monday upheld the conviction and life sentence against a vegan couple over the death of their malnourished 6-week-old boy, who was fed a diet largely consisting of soy milk and apple juice.The Georgia Supreme Court's unanimous ruling

Sept. 13, 2011

Police in China seize 100 tons of 'gutter oil'

BEIJING (AP) -- Chinese police have detained 32 people in a nationwide crackdown on ``gutter oil,'' or old kitchen oil that has been illegally recycled, authorities said Tuesday.The campaign is part of an effort to clean up China's food safety record following several embarrassing scandals, includin

Sept. 13, 2011

Starving dogs eat owner after being abandoned

 

Sept. 8, 2011

Sacramento man arrested for allegedly biting snake

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — A snake bite in a north Sacramento neighborhood left the victim seriously hurt, but the injured party isn‘t whom you’d expect.Police say a python underwent emergency surgery after a man allegedly bit the creature twice.Sgt. Andrew Pettit says officers were called to t

Sept. 4, 2011

German city introduces 'parking meter' for street prostitutes

Bonn, Germany (dpa) -- The German city of Bonn introduced a parking meter for prostitutes Monday, requiring street sex workers to pay 6euros (8.60 dollars) in tax per night to carry on their trade.Bonn is the first German city to introduce the meter system. It already taxes women working in brothels

Aug. 30, 2011

Patient dies in China after hospital staff flee fire

SHANGHAI (AFP) - A man died during an operation in a Chinese hospital after doctors and nurses fled during a fire, leaving him to suffocate in thick smoke, state media and officials said Friday.The 49-year-old patient had been in a traffic accident and was having an amputation in the Shanghai hospit

Aug. 28, 2011

90-something woman fends off buglars with cane

A 90-year-old German woman allegedly fought with three intruders using only her cane, German police said Monday.The brave senior living on a farm spotted a team of buglers at her house, and managed to beat them away with a cane. The buglars, identified only as two men and a woman, ran away.The polic

Aug. 23, 2011

Thirsty boy stuck in chimney trying to get drink

WEST VALLEY CITY, Utah (AP) — An 8-year-old boy desperate for a drink tried to get into a neighbor's home by sliding down the chimney, but got stuck for more than four hours, authorities said.West Valley City police Sgt. Robert Hamilton said the thirsty boy climbed a tree to get onto the home'

Aug. 22, 2011

Report: Briton dies in suspected shark attack

LONDON (AP) _ British media are reporting that a British honeymooner has been killed in a suspected shark attack in the Seychelles.The Daily Telegraph says the 30-year-old victim was attacked as he swam off Anse Lazio beach, on the island of Paslin.Britain's Foreign Office late Monday confirmed the

Aug. 17, 2011