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LOOK: Train passengers join worldwide 'No Pants Ride'

Agence France-Presse
Updated as of Jan 08 10:59 PM

The offbeat flash mob stunt originated in New York in 2002 and has since spread around the world. Read more »

'World's ugliest pig' spotted in Indonesia

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jan 05 11:02 PM

Rare images of the "world's ugliest pig" have been captured in Indonesia, researchers said Friday, offering a window into a little-known species believed to be on the brink of extinction. Read more »

'World's most expensive vodka' bottle goes missing in Denmark

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jan 05 10:48 PM

Danish police are investigating the theft of what is claimed to be "the world's most expensive" bottle of vodka, in what the bar owner says could be an inside job. Read more »

Late brides face fine in British churches

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jan 05 10:35 PM

Fed up with repeated delays to wedding services because of brides arriving late, an English vicar is imposing £100 fines for a delay of more than 10 minutes, The Times reported on Friday. Read more »

'Imahe' ng Poong Nazareno, lumitaw sa niyog

Edward Quinto, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jan 05 11:12 PM

Pinagkakaguluhan sa bayan ng Camiling sa Tarlac ang imahe umano ng Poong Nazareno na nakita sa bunga ng niyog.   Read more »

Mayor tells reporter 'I'll kill you' to fend off questions

Kyodo News
Posted at Jan 04 09:20 PM

A mayor in western Japan, who has taken a hard-line stance toward news organizations he considers "biased," refused to answer questions from a reporter on Thursday, telling him "I'll kill you" before walking away. Read more »

BSP looking into 'faceless money' incident

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 28 03:39 AM

Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas joins BPI in investigating a netizen's claim an automated teller machine dispensed several pieces of "faceless" P100 bills. Read more »

NORAD's 'Santa tracker' embraces new technology

Reuters
Posted at Dec 22 05:45 AM

The decades-old tradition by the U.S. military of tracking Santa's exact whereabouts during Christmas Eve as he delivers presents to children across the globe is embracing more technology this year. Read more »

Man spends first night of married life in jail

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Dec 13 01:51 AM

A Malaysian man's married life got off to a rocky start when he was detained hours after his wedding reception for allegedly fighting police seeking to arrest one of his guests, reports said Tuesday. Read more »

U.S. Supreme Court declines wife swap case

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Dec 12 03:59 AM

The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday let stand a Louisiana sheriff's firing of two of his deputies for swapping wives and families, refusing to review lower court rulings in a case that raised eyebrows. Read more »

Ex-contractor says he shut Trump's Twitter account by accident

Reuters
Posted at Dec 12 12:43 AM

FRANKFURT - The contractor who shut down Donald Trump's Twitter account has told Reuters he did so by mistake, but says he believes some of the U.S. president's recent tweets breach the social network's ban on hate speech. Read more »

'Bomb on board' wi-fi network name causes flight to be diverted

Reuters
Posted at Dec 01 01:46 AM

ANKARA - A Turkish Airlines flight from Nairobi to Istanbul was diverted after the detection of a wi-fi network called "bomb on board" that alarmed the passengers, the airline said on Thursday. Read more »

2 tourists fined in Thailand for 'butt selfie' at temple

Reuters
Posted at Nov 30 09:36 PM

BANGKOK - Thai authorities have fined two American tourists for public indecency for posing for a “butt selfie” in front of a famous Buddhist temple, police said on Wednesday. Read more »

Sheep can recognize human faces, scientists say

Reuters
Posted at Nov 09 05:01 AM

LONDON - Sheep have been trained to recognize the faces of celebrities, including former U.S. President Barack Obama, by University of Cambridge scientists who hope it may help with understanding neurodegenerative diseases.   Read more »

Angry woman forces flight to land over 'cheating' husband

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Nov 08 04:40 AM

An enraged woman forced an airliner to make an emergency landing after she discovered mid-flight that her husband was apparently cheating on her. Read more »

Pakistan airline sorry for forgetting two corpses in NY

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Nov 01 09:32 PM

Two corpses were left behind at a New York airport instead of being flown to Lahore, Pakistan's national airline said, apologizing Wednesday for the latest embarrassing mishap to hit the troubled carrier.   Read more »

Einstein note on happy living sells for $1.56M

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Oct 25 01:59 AM

A note that Albert Einstein gave to a courier in Tokyo briefly describing his theory on happy living sold at auction in Jerusalem on Tuesday for $1.56 million, the auction house said. Read more »

Malawi president vows to crack down on vampires, witchcraft

Reuters
Posted at Oct 14 12:39 AM

"If people are using witchcraft to suck people's blood, I will deal with them and I ask them to stop doing that with immediate effect." Read more »

Vampire scare prompts U.N. pullout from southern Malawi

Reuters
Posted at Oct 10 04:13 AM

LILONGWE - The United Nations said on Monday it has pulled staff out of two districts in southern Malawi where a vampire scare has triggered mob violence in which at least five people have been killed. Read more »

'Psychic' pleads guilty to $3.5 million tax evasion

Reuters
Posted at Oct 07 01:21 AM

BOSTON - A self-proclaimed psychic who was paid $3.5 million by an elderly Massachusetts woman in exchange for claiming to cleanse her of demons pleaded guilty on Thursday to trying to avoid paying taxes. Read more »