PANAMA CITY BEACH, Fla. - Officials say a Florida Panhandle Fish and Wildlife officer lost a 5-foot alligator after bringing it to his daughter's school for show and tell.

While Asia has its share of weird and unusual toys, Japan takes the lead in inventing the truly bizarre items.

The Boeing 777 was ordered to a remote part of the airfield after landing early this morning, where it was met by 11 fire appliances and six ambulances.

A motorized La-Z-Boy that was used in a drunk driving accident in Minnesota has been put up for auction.

A man arrested on felony weapons charges in San Juan where ritualistic bones and blood were found allegedly was making grenades.

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A set of three dummies in a "lynching" display were taken down from their positions in a willow tree in a park in Frederick, MD.

An Arlington Catholic High School football player has been charged with assault and battery after head-butting a helmet-less opposing player in a game on Sept. 19th. The head-butt was captured on video (below).

A Nigerian businessman died from first degree burns this week after angrily kicking a lighted stove when his dinner was not ready.

Two men walking along the beach spotted the lone foot, which was still wearing a size 8 ½ Nike running shoe, England's Sky News reported.

The Sheboygan man, Ian A. Baker, 23, showed up for his court-ordered intoxicated driver intervention program Monday morning, but he blew a 0.07 blood-alcohol level on a breath test, the Sheboygan Press reported.

The late 'Cool Hand Luke' actor - who passed away last September - donated more money to charity than any other US star, giving a huge $21 million to various initiatives and campaigns, according to a list compiled by The

Her lawyer, Michel Massicotte, entered the plea on behalf of Thibault, who is a paraplegic and wheelchair bound.

France Telecom SA revealed the plan Wednesday in the face of lower third quarter profits.

The 'Paparazzi' singer is preparing to release a deluxe version of her new album 'The Fame Monster' as a special-edition art book next month with a number of bizarre gifts, including a piece of her blonde hair, a personal note

The short version of the story is that we're not doing a very good job of managing waste," says John Roosen, Technical Director of AECOM Environment Middle East. "We are going to drown in waste."

Two years ago, Victoria Kenny was watching TV when a sneeze caused her to rupture a disc in her spine, trapping her sciatic nerve between two vertebrae and leaving her paralyzed, England's Daily Mail reported.

Officials are not sure how many crew the vessel was carrying or their nationalities.

Hundreds of guests attended the wedding in the central town of Guriceel, BBC News reported.