- Every year on 17 January, the feast day of Saint Anthony the Abbot - the patron saint of domestic animals - farmers from all over Italy bring their sheep, goats, cows and chickens to Saint Peter\'s Square to be blessed.
Farm Animals Blessed At Vatican
- Dogs, cats and even a hamster were blessed outside a Madrid church on Thursday morning, to celebrate the Feast of Saint Anthony of Abbot, Spain\'s patron saint of animals.
Spain: Blessing Of The Pets
- A couple in Petersburg, Kentucky, built a 9-foot snowman together, only to realize the giant spectacle had attracted vandals. Their work of art could not be destroyed, though, and the vandals received a dose of karma for trying to plow into the snowman with their car.
Instant Karma! Vandals Try To Plow Down Giant Snowman - Hit Tree Stump
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A mum dubbed 'Queen of cosmetic procedures' has had the world's first spider web abs enhancement to prevent sagging and loose skin.
Californian Mum Gets Spider Web Ab Enhancement
- A Barbie fanatic has revealed he has spent decades amassing a collection of 12,000 dolls worth \'millions\' - but admitted his hobby takes a toll on his love life.
12,000 Dolls: Singapore Man's Crazy Barbie Collection
- Heavy rain Wednesday night triggered a rock slide in Malibu that injured one person and destroyed a vehicle.
Car Crushed By Massive Boulder In California
- Scientists have used a nearly 300-million-year old fossil skeleton and preserved footprints to create a robot model of ancient life.
Scientists Build Robot To Walk 290-Million-Year-Old Footprints
- Spanish rescuers working against the clock to find a 2-year-old boy who\'s been missing for three days say they have found DNA samples of the boy confirming his parents\' account that he had fallen into a narrow borehole more than 100 metres (328 feet) deep.
Father Hopes For Rescue Of Son Lost Down Spain Borehole
- Fog on a mountain highway in Southern California triggered a 19-vehicle crash Wednesday. Thirty-five people were evaluated for injuries after the pileup on Interstate 15 in Cajon Pass, about 60 miles east of Los Angeles.
California: 35 Injured In 19 Car Pile-Up
- Dozens of horses gallop through bonfires and a thick clouds of smoke in the hilltop village of San Bartolome de Pinares in Spain.
Villagers Ride Horses Through Fires At Festival
- Members of a volunteer firefighter unit in Paraguay have stripped naked in a calendar to raise money and demand resources from the government.
Paraguayan Firefighters Get Naked To Raise Funds
- On Wednesday, an Austrian army helicopter dropped explosive charges on the slopes of Grimming mountain in Styria state.
Army Helicopter Drops Explosives To Trigger Controlled Avalanches In Austria
- A wedding chapel has opened in Las Vegas designed with Instagram in mind. Depending on your needs, a ceremony in the comic book-like room can range from anywhere between $250 and $5500.
Artist Launches Instagram-Friendly Black-And-White Wedding Chapel In Vegas
- Tulsa police need your help identifying a burglary suspect who brought a little girl with him to commit the crime.
Burglary Suspect Brings Child With Him To Commit Crime
- A Central Iowa pet rescue is doing everything it can to help 14 puppies recover after they were thrown off a bridge and into an icy creek.
14 Newborn Puppies Tossed Over Bridge Rescued
- Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn accused Theresa May on Wednesday of being in denial over the defeat of her Brexit deal. Corbyn pressured May to renounce the possibility of a no-deal Brexit. The prime minister retorted by saying that the only way to avoid a no-deal is to vote for the government deal or to stay in the EU.
Corbyn Tells May She's In Denial About Tuesday's Brexit Vote
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Scottish First Minister, Nicola Sturgeon, said in a statement on Wednesday that she spoke Theresa May on the phone after May's historic defeat in parliament the day earlier. Sturgeon commented that she got the impression that May has no clear idea of the way forward for Brexit.
Scottish National Party: "Put This Issue Back To The Electorate"
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A young woman has styled her hair into a series of impressive styles from aeroplanes to monkeys and even a human face - without using any hairspray.
Hair-Raising: Woman's Insane Hair Style Gallery
- One of the booths at Japan\'s Wearable Expo this year introduced what\'s claimed to be world\'s first scented wearable device, which brings the sense of smell to the movie-watching experience.
Japanese Company Introduces Smell-O-Vision
- A curious formation that\'s getting attention in Greater Portland is actually a spinning ice disk that is roughly 100 yards (91 meters) wide.
Raw Version: Giant Ice Disk Spins In Maine River
- A naked man was rescued after getting trapped in an 18-inch drainpipe at Westland School near 67th Avenue and Indian School Road in Phoenix on Tuesday.
Naked Man Rescued From Storm Drain
- The tumbling space snowman is making its out-of-this-world film premiere.
Tumbling Space Snowman In Film Debut
- After her father took away her cell phone, a teenage girl called the police. However, she didn\'t get the answer she was hoping for.
Teen Calls Cops After Father Takes Away Her Cell Phone
- A sign seen at a Fresno gas station is sparking some controvery. The key word is "immigration" and the sign is located at the Sinclair gas station at Kings Canyon and Clovis Avenues.
Sign At Fresno Gas Station Spark Controversy
- Orphaned bears are getting another chance at life in the wild thanks to Colorado Parks and Wildlife. Officers rescued the cubs at different times last year and moved them to a rehabilitation facility in southern Colorado until its time to hibernate.
Orphaned Bears Moved To Dens In The Wild
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After almost 30 years in a wheelchair a veteran has finally been given the chance to stand up and walk.
Man Paralysed For Almost 30 Years Walks Again Thanks To Robotic Legs
- A colossal disk of ice that looked like something out of this world formed on a river in Maine earlier this week.
Giant Ice Disk Spins In Maine River
- Authorities in Minnesota say a two-year-old child is OK after tumbling from the back seat of a moving vehicle while still strapped in a car seat.
Caught On Camera: Toddler Tumbles Out Of Moving Vehicle
- A big chunk of the old Tappan Zee Bridge across the Hudson upriver from New York City went down in New York history Tuesday (1/15).
New York's Tappan Zee Bridge Demolished With Explosives
- Heavy snowfall in the Austrian Alps has blocked and closed roads and railway lines across the state of Tyrol.
Austrian Alps: Heavy Snow Blocks Roads And Rail Tracks
- Two towns - over 19,000 kilometres apart - are competing to win the title of "the world\'s steepest street."
Welsh Town Claims To Have World's "Steepest Street"
- Indiana resident Rick Horton spent roughly 15 hours sculpting a highly detailed giant eagle out of the snow on his front yard. The patriotic display stands at a colossal 7-feet tall.
Man Creates 7-Foot Eagle Out Of Snow
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An art exhibit in Israel featuring a crucified Ronald McDonald has sparked protests by the country's Arab Christian minority.
Israel: 'McJesus' Sculpture Sparks Outrage Among Christians
- The Nissan luxury brand said "technical difficulties" were to blame as the new QX Inspiration failed to appear.
Infiniti's Electric Concept Fails To Drive Onstage At Detroit Auto Show
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Around 100 School children at a Massachusetts elementary school created a blocky double portrait in tribute to two of their NFL heroes, legendary quarterback Tom Brady and head coach Bill Belichick.
Students Use 20,00 Lego Bricks To Create Mural Of NFL Legends
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More than 100 firefighters and emergency workers in southern Spain continued to search on Monday for a 2-year-old toddler more than 24 hours after he fell into a narrow and deep borehole.
Search Continues For Spanish Toddler Stuck In Well
- Thousands of teachers in Los Angeles, the second-largest school system in the U.S., are poised to go out on strike in a reprise of the wave of school work stoppages that affected a number of U.S. states last year.
Thousands Of Teachers Strike In Los Angeles
- New research shows people who sleep less than six hours a night may be at increased risk for cardiovascular disease. The study in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology finds an association between poor sleep quality and having more plaque buildup in the arteries throughout the body.
Study: Sleeping Less Than 6 Hours A Night May Increase Cardiovascular Risk
- For most families, toilet training is a process. An Indiana dad has created a fun and educational product to help teach toddlers how take care of business on the toilet and you might start seeing this toy on shelves of some big box stores. It is called the potty duck.
Potty Duck: Man Creates Bizarre Toilet Training Toy
- A criminal complaint said a Wisconsin man accused of kidnapping 13-year-old Jayme Closs spotted her getting on a school bus one day and made up his mind to take her.
Chilling New Details In The Jayme Closs Case
- Authorities released a video of the smuggling tunnel that they say is used for drugs and human trafficking.
32-Foot-Long Drug Tunnel Found Between Mexico And Arizona
- The Suwannee County Sheriff\'s Office said Sunday evening it received a 911 call from 173rd Place about three children found not breathing.
3 Children Found Dead After Getting Trapped Inside Freezer
- The Music City Center in downtown Nashville had an unexpected visitor Sunday night after a coyote wandered into the building.
Coyote Caught In A Bathroom
