Watermelons have been bursting by the score in eastern China after farmers gave them overdoses of growth chemicals during wet weather, creating what state media called fields of ``land mines.''About 20 farmers around Danyang city in Jiangsu province were affected, losing up to 115 acres (45 hectares) of melon, China Central Television said in an investigative report.Prices over the past year promp

World News May 18, 2011

Stevie Wonder (left) performs for Oprah Winfrey as Jamie Foxx looks (right). (AP)Maria Shriver appears with Oprah Winfrey during a star-studded double-taping of "Surprise Oprah! A Farewell Spectacular," Tuesday, May 17, 2011, in Chicago.(AP)Winfrey reacts as she is surrounded by Will Smith, his wife Jada Pinkett Smith and Michael Jordan (AP)Aretha Franklin and Oprah Winfrey acknowledge fans. (AP)O

May 18, 2011

 A retired prison guard ate his 25,000th Big Mac on Tuesday, 39 years to the day after eating his first ... nine.Don Gorske was honored after reaching the meaty milestone during a ceremony at a McDonald's in his hometown of Fond du Lac, Wisconsin. Surely McDonald's most loyal customer, Guinness World Records recognized Gorske's feat three years and 2,000 Big Macs ago, and the 59-year-old says he h

World May 18, 2011

 Arnold Schwarzenegger and his wife, Maria Shriver, separated after the former governor revealed he had fathered a child with a member of their household staff, The Los Angeles Times reported Tuesday.The couple announced in a joint statement May 9 that they had separated after 25 years of marriage. The Times reported Tuesday that Shriver moved out of the family's Brentwood mansion earlier this yea

Film May 17, 2011

President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama held total assets of between $2.8 million and $11.8 million last year and reported no debt, according to federal financial disclosure forms released yesterday.The president's assets were concentrated in U.S. Treasury obligations, an investment posture that would leave him financially vulnerable if he and congressional leaders can't agree on rais

Politics May 17, 2011

 A new craze sweeping the Internet known as "planking" claimed a life in Australia Sunday and police fear the tragedy may not be the last.Planking involves someone lying flat on their stomach with their arms against their bodies in unusual and sometimes dangerous situations, with photographs of their exploits shared through social media sites.It has gone viral in recent weeks with Facebook page Pl

Social Affairs May 17, 2011

Police say a Pennsylvania man has survived a lighting strike while helping set up tents for a Boy Scout outing.Police in the town of Industry say the 49-year-old man was standing by a tree hit when he was struck by a bolt of lightning at about 8:30 p.m. Saturday.Industry officer Aaron Lopez says the man and others were moving scouts and camping supplies off the site as a thunderstorm approached.Lo

World May 17, 2011

Twin explosions struck a paramilitary training center in northwestern Pakistan on Friday, killing at least 68 people _ nearly all recruits _ in the bloodiest attack in the country since a U.S. raid killed al-Qaida chief Osama bin Laden.A suicide bomber detonated at least one of the blasts at the main gate of the facility for the Frontier Constabulary, a poorly equipped but front-line force in Paki

World News May 13, 2011

The bodies of eight decapitated men were dumped Thursday along roads in Durango, a drug-gang-plagued northern Mexican state already grappling with the horror of discovering mass graves where 196 corpses have been unearthed so far.Six of the naked bodies were found along a highway leading out of the state capital of Durango city, their heads lying nearby, according to a statement from the state att

World May 13, 2011