The Oscars have barred Sacha Baron Cohen from attending the 84th Academy Awards as his wild new character "The Dictator," The New York Post and Deadline

Graphic porn airs on TVs inside a South Carolina Best Buy after hackers infiltrate its WI-FI network.

If you haven't decided on a spiritual course to follow during the 40 days of the Lenten season, Pope Benedict XVI has an idea: follow him on Twitter for daily

A community is shocked after a building superintendant and married father is allegedly caught on video molesting a tenant's dog.

A Los Angeles teacher allegedly spoon fed his semen to blindfolded students and fled after being charged.

Do you fear losing or being without your cell phone? If you answered yes you may be a nomophobe. It's no joke. A new report shows nomophobia is up 10 percent

The vice president is hitting the road — to what the White House wrote as "Road Island," mistakenly spelled R-O-A-D instead of R-H-O-D-E.

Police say an unloaded gun has been found inside a piano that was donated to a southeast Michigan nursing home years ago.

After a 10-year hiatus the elusive Snowy Owl visits Texas again, sparking a bird-watching frenzy.

Santa may use a sleigh but a driver in the far north of Norway found a more inventive way to transport his reindeer: he packed three in the back seat of his

Students at a Texas junior high school stage a four-day boycott of cafeteria food last week to press for more menu choices and healthier alternatives.

A Chicago man arrested on suspicion of illegally surfing at a beach in Chicago will have charges against him dropped if he performs 20 hours of community

It brings a new meaning to the phrase "tearing your hair out."

Thirty-five-year-old Jason Wilmert is charged with cruelty to animals and using pets as food.

High school sports teams in several states have been keeping an eye out for a man known as the Piggyback Bandit -- a 28-year-old man who gets friendly with

A North Texas man says he sees a sign of peace and love at his workplace: in a space heater.

A member of the Flying Wallendas daredevil clan will become the first person in more than a century to attempt to cross the Niagara Falls gorge on a tightrope

The Heart Attack Grill lived up to its name for one unfortunate diner.

Firefighters in Pennsylvania have managed to save 200 pounds of Polish sausage from what they're calling the best-smelling fire they've doused in years.

A 56-year-old Michigan college student has been suspended from school after he wrote an essay assignment he called "Hot for Teacher."

Swiss scientists plan to increase the juice flowing through the world's largest atom smasher to eight trillion electron volts, accelerating not only the speed

A high school football coach in Maine resigns after accidentally posting to Facebook a naked picture of himself.

A drunk Texas teen led police on a low-speed car chase before she was apprehended wearing nothing but her cowboy boots.

A Newport, Ore., aquarium is offering visitors this week a Valentine's smooch that they won't soon forget.

Police have arrested an Indianapolis man in connection with two convenience store robberies in Mississippi where the thief wore a mask like the one used by the

A Minnesota man has been arrested and charged with stealing thousands of dollars worth of laundry detergent, apparently by wheeling it out of a store in a

A ram and a deer will cement their inter-species love with a "marriage" ceremony at a zoo in southwestern China on Valentine's Day.

An Italian fugitive was caught after years on the run when he posted a photo on Facebook showing himself posing with a wax model of US President Barack Obama,

A Kentucky woman is facing criminal charges after allegedly punching her son while in the middle of an anger management class, WDRB-TV reported.

A viral video showing a father firing his .45 at his daughter's laptop after she blasted him on her Facebook page has sparked a fiery debate about parenting

A chain saw-wielding man was caught on CCTV attacking terrified fellow drinkers at a British pub after he was asked to leave because he was smoking inside, the

A Valentine’s Day card that mentions the word stalker is drawing a lot of criticism. There’s even an online petition to have it removed from store shelves.

Job seekers beware as you circulate cover letters, or you may just end up seeing it go viral for all the wrong reasons.

A man was behind bars after authorities caught him firing off rounds while naked on his back porch in Pahrump, Nev.

Video of a North Carolina father destroying his daughter’s laptop has gone viral. The angry parent said he wanted to set an example of tough love after

An American Indian tribe sued some of the world's largest beer makers Thursday, claiming they knowingly contributed to devastating alcohol-related problems on

A California woman has her gold necklace back months after she accidentally flushed it down her toilet.

Comedy superstar Will Ferrell hit the Chicago Bulls with a few stinging one-liners before their game with the Hornets on Wednesday night.

Being hugged could mean you're being mugged in Stockholm these days, with a gang of thieves on the loose who embrace strangers as a way of picking their

Move over, coffee and Red Bull. A Harvard professor thinks the next big thing will be people inhaling their caffeine from a lipstick-sized tube. Critics say

An Illinois man facing sentencing in Rhode Island for shipping unwanted penis enlargers to diabetes patients as part of a Medicare fraud scheme is asking for a

The national craze for all things bacon may have officially gone overboard. Fast food chain Jack in the Box now has a Bacon Shake.

Two 102-year-old sisters in Scotland were officially recognized as the world's oldest living twins.

The entire genome of an extinct human was reconstructed from a 30,000-year-old finger bone and posted on the web Tuesday.

A Florida man was sentenced Tuesday to one date with his wife that included dinner at Red Lobster and a trip to the bowling alley.

A New Jersey man who got so drunk playing beer pong at a New York City pub that he thought walking across a busy highway was a good idea cannot sue the bar

A Florida woman facing DUI charges told arresting officers that her "big breasts" were responsible for her failing a sobriety test, according to a police

A man who broke into a Kentucky supermarket was arrested after being found in a shopping aisle naked and covered in chocolate and peanut butter, according to a

Chilean police say they've cracked a scheme to steal ice from a disappearing glacier.