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A 12-year-old boy awoke to an unpleasant surprise this week when a python bit him in his bed.

A 73-year-old woman has been accused of shooting her 69-year-old husband because she believed he contracted a venereal disease while having an affair with a neighbor.

Islamabad: India and Pakistan on Thursday decided to sign an agreement on pre-notification of missile tests.

Manika Panigrahi, in her late sixties, appears totally normal. But her food habits are anything but normal.2.7

Today is Thursday, Sept. 1, the 244th day of 2005. There are 121 days left in the year ... Ten years ago: A ribbon-cutting ceremony was held for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland, Ohio.3.7

Kleinmond : A South African inventor unveiled a new anti-rape female condom that hooks onto an attacker's penis and aims to cut one of the highest rates of sexual assault in the world.

"Trust me, I'm a doctor" wouldn't describe one Japanese medic who has landed in hot water after hitting and abusing a patient during surgery.2.7

A man has been convicted of animal cruelty for cutting off his pet pit bull's ears with a razor in an effort to make the dog look tougher, officials said.

Duncan Riley> A general appeal to Bloglines users: have you noticed anything strange about Bloglines recently? There was another brief "database" crash at about 8am US EST yesterday but its the quality of the ...

The streets of Bunol ran red with sauce Wednesday, with a record number of warriors pasting each other with red, juicy tomatoes.

Duluth, Minn. Bricklayers working on Denfeld High School discovered a message someone placed in a milk bottle 80 years ago.2.7

A 50-year-old woman has been charged with a quarantine offense for allegedly smuggling three tiny fish in a face cream jar into Australia from Taiwan, a government official said Thursday.2.7

A 12-year-old boy awoke to an unpleasant surprise this week when a python bit him in his bed.3.1

Dave Matthews Band is the first act to come forward with a benefit show for Hurricane Katrina victims, Billboard.com has learned.2.7

A tiny house in London has a really big price tag. The house, in a fashionable neighborhood, is just over five-feet wide at it skinniest and under ten feet at the widest point.2

A 73-year-old woman has been accused of shooting her 69-year-old husband because she believed he contracted a venereal disease while having an affair with a neighbor.2.7

Choose Bermuda for planning successful vacations and group travel. Our award-winning group department, on-island destination management companies can help you plan it all.2.9

A man test-fitting a $17,000 artificial leg ran off without paying the bill, police said.2

A gory scene staged for a low-budget horror movie proved a little too realistic for police.

LEAD STORY Update: In July 2004, as News of the Weird mentioned, a federal appeals court ruled ... firms, set up an office this year in Washington, D.C., a block from the White House, and installed a receptionist, live from Karachi, via a flat-screen TV on the office wall.2.7

A Columbia County farmer was taken to the hospital yesterday after being pulled from a tank of manure.2

A Hungarian zoo says it will reduce the number of large animals it holds and restock with smaller ones because it fears that zoo effluent could pollute a local spring, the state news agency MTI said Monday.2.7

It might be a hobby but Steve Lee really knows how to spot a diamond in the rough.2.7

TAIPEI, Taiwan) - Taiwanese researchers claimed Wednesday that they have developed an alternative to laboratory mice for testing new medicines using fluorescent fish to show the impact of experimental drugs on ...2.7

Indiana University is taking a message to prevent sexual assault to an unusual place - men's restrooms.5

A teenager took matters into her hands when a substitute school bus driver who smelled of alcohol sped down the road with youngsters in tow, police said.2.7

OLYMPIA, WA-August 31, 2005 - A Washington state prison guard is in a heap of trouble - accused of peeing on a jail computer.2.7

A Dutch woman believed to be the oldest person in the world died peacefully in her sleep early Tuesday.2.9

Aaron Balick expected to find a tiny mouse rustling behind the TV in his apartment.5.2

Well, not always. Most of the nation's wine is grown in California's Central Valley, where breathing the air is like drinking the dregs.2.7

Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune Was it the Wicked Witch? Who else this past weekend could have stolen the sequined ruby slippers Dorothy wore in "The Wizard of Oz" - the most famous pair of shoes in movie ...2.9

A woman has sued the largest county in Washington state for harvesting the brain of her dead brother for research without obtaining permission from next of kin, according to court records obtained on Tuesday.4.1

Terry Roe also is known as Father Goose. Roe rescued a wounded Canadian goose from a ditch this summer near his home in rural Minot.

Singer Art Garfunkel, who pleaded guilty to marijuana possession last year, has been arrested again on the same charge.1.6

British tourists have left the residents of one charming Austrian village effing and blinding by constantly stealing the signs for their oddly-named village.3.1