Reuters - A California man who conned Chinese immigrants into joining his fake U.S. Army unit was sentenced on Wednesday to three years in prison after he pleaded guilty to counterfeiting and other charges.
Reuters - Flights at John F. Kennedy International Airport were delayed shortly on Wednesday when about 150 diamondback terrapin turtles were spotted crossing a runway, authorities said.
Reuters - Memo to Russian President Dmitry Medvedev: next time you plunge into a crowd, don’t forget to park your car first.
Reuters - Japan’s sumo giants have been banned from playing golf and to strictly obey traffic laws as the country’s ancient sport gears up for its formal return from a damaging bout-fixing scandal.
Reuters - Memo to Russian President Dmitry Medvedev: next time you plunge into a crowd, don’t forget to park your car first.
Reuters - Thailand’s community of “ladyboys” complained on Wednesday they were being marginalized in next week’s general election because their ID card pictures were too confusing for polling officials.
Reuters - Russian scientists expect humanity to encounter alien civilizations within the next two decades, a top Russian astronomer predicted on Monday.
Reuters - Cameroon has banned night-time public transport between cities after a spate of deadly accidents last year, many involving heavy drinking on the country’s infamously poor roads.
Reuters - A lactating U.S. woman was arrested and charged with disorderly conduct after she sprayed sheriff’s deputies with breast milk as they tried to remove her from a vehicle, police said on Monday.
Reuters - Iran plans to send a live monkey into space next month, the latest advance in a missile and space program which has alarmed Israel and its western allies that fear the Islamic Republic is seeking nuclear weapons.