An air traffic controller was suspended after being asleep while a medical flight was landing in the state of Nevada, marking the fifth lapse so far this year among controllers at US airports. Four involved sleeping controllers.
Max, a three-year-old cat shot through the head with an arrow, is seen in this Santa Cruz County Animal Services photograph released on April 12, 2011.
"Extra time" in football game has become a birth-control ad in Thai league games as the fourth official holds up giant electronic condom packages aloft to remind players of the extra playing time added to the game.
In a courtroom in Wichita, the day begins much as it has for the past 49 years: Court is in session, US District Judge Wesley Brown presiding. But what happens next is no longer routine; it's a testament to one man's sheer determination.
An unusual springtime friendship between a deer and a nesting goose appears to have blossomed inside a cemetery in Buffalo, New York.
Men prefer their cars beefy or fast, while women go for lower price tags and higher miles per gallon, according to a survey released on Thursday.
More than 100 detainees escaped from an immigration depot in Lenggeng, a small town in the state of Negeri Sembilan in the central part of Peninsula Malaysia, Monday night after fire was set on the detention center.
The online world got an April Fools' Day makeover as YouTube rolled out 1911 viral videos and Google struck again.
A few tips on handling office gags the right way
It’s not hard to pinpoint exactly when Tim Wiedman began to sour on the idea of April Fools’ Day pranks in the office. It was shortly after his hair had been set on fire.
Britain's royal wedding is off! Oh no it's not, it's an April Fools' joke.
A German boy tossed a message in a bottle off a ship in the Baltic Sea some 24 years ago, and now he has received an answer.
Polar icebreaker Snow Dragon arrives in Antarctic
Xi's vision on shared future for humanity
UN's top environmental honors go to three in China
German trains collide near Duesseldorf, several people injured
China beats Germany 7-4 in men's curling Olympic qualification
Bayern beat Paris Saint-Germain 3-1 in UEFA Champions League
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