New Zealander auctions "ghosts" in a bottle (Reuters)
Reuters - A New Zealand woman sold two vials that she said contained the ghosts of an old man and...

Air Canada learns that hockey trumps flying (Reuters)
Canada's Sidney Crosby celebrates after scoring the game winning goal against the U.S. during overtime in their men's ice hockey gold medal game at the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics February 28, 2010. REUTERS/Todd KorolReuters - Canada's largest airline has learned it sometimes has to take a back seat to the countr...

"Dead" baby elephant calf born alive in Sydney zoo (Reuters)
Taronga Zoo veterinarians give treatment to a newborn elephant calf as its mother Porntip (R) stands next to it in Sydney March 10, 2010. An elephant gave birth to a calf at Sydney's main zoo on Wednesday, surprising vets and keepers who two days earlier declared the baby had died in the womb. REUTERS/Taronga Zoo/Bobby-Jo Vial/HandoutReuters - An elephant gave birth to a calf at Sydney's main zoo on Wednesday, surprising vets and...

Canada Parliament eats seal to defy "ignorant" EU (Reuters)
Appetizers featuring seal meat are displayed during an event to mark the first time seal meat is served in the parliamentary restaurant on Parliament Hill in Ottawa March 10, 2010. REUTERS/Chris WattieReuters - Canadian parliamentarians tucked into a meal of seal meat on Wednesday to defy both ani...

Cyprus holds two for theft of ex-leader's corpse (Reuters)
Cyprus' President Tassos Papadopoulos addresses a news conference at the end of a European Union Heads of State and Government summit in Brussels December 14, 2007 file photo. REUTERS/Ezequiel ScagnettiReuters - A court in Cyprus remanded two men in custody Wednesday on suspicion of snatching the c...

Residents flee Angolan village invaded by elephants (Reuters)
Reuters - Wild elephants rampaged through a southern village in Angola last weekend, destroying f...

Chocolate-powered racecar makes sustainability sexy (Reuters)
Reuters - Fueled by leftover chocolate and with components made from carrots, potato starch and f...

U.S. blacks, Hispanics losing more sleep over worries (Reuters)
Reuters - Black and Hispanic Americans are more likely than whites and Asians to lose sleep over ...

Canada drops plans for politically correct anthem (Reuters)
Reuters - Don't mess with a century-old tradition even if it is sexist, Canadians told the Conser...

Aussie underwear has gone bananas (Reuters)
Reuters - Australian underwear company AussieBum has been monkeying around and the result is a ra...

Hamas bans men from women's hair salons in Gaza (Reuters)
Palestinian Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh prepares himself inside the plane before landing in Tehran December 7, 2006 file photo. REUTERS/Suhaib SalemReuters - The Palestinian Islamist group Hamas on Thursday banned men in the Gaza Strip from work...

Pilot with fake licence arrested at airport (Reuters)
Reuters - A Swedish pilot with a fake commercial license was arrested in his cockpit at Amsterdam...

London stage fright: rats, mice and fleas: survey (Reuters)
Reuters - Performers in London's West End are having to cope with a different kind of stage frigh...

Chinese youth accused of not being fighting fit (Reuters)
Children exercise during a weight-losing summer camp in Shenyang, Liaoning province, August 3, 2009. REUTERS/Sheng LiReuters - China must urgently address the physical fitness of the nation's youth or run the risk ...

Canada may adopt gender-neutral national anthem (Reuters)
Canadians celebrate by singing the Canadian national anthem at the Eternal Flame in Ottawa, February 28, 2010. REUTERS/Chris RoussakisReuters - "O Canada," the country's national anthem, has included the line, "True patriot love in...