A Japanese taxi driver who got a sexual thrill out of watching women desperate to urinate has been arrested for allegedly feeding passengers snacks laced with diuretics, police said Thursday.
Toshihiko Nishi, 41, lured women into long rides in his cab, in at least one case by offering a half-price fare, and then plied them with crackers covered in a substance that would make them want to go to the toilet.
Full StoryBorussia Dortmund's German international winger Kevin Grosskreutz has had a complaint for assault filed against him after allegedly throwing a kebab into the face of a Cologne fan, the Bild newspaper reported Tuesday.
Grosskreutz had just bought a kebab in the early hours of Monday morning with a team-mate when they were verbally abused by a group of Cologne supporters celebrating their club's promotion to the Bundesliga.
Full StoryA British lord is putting a mountain up for sale in a bid to pay off part of his hefty inheritance tax bill.
Hugh Lowther, the Earl of Lonsdale, has put Blencathra, a 2,850-foot (868-metre) high peak in the picturesque Lake District in northwest England, on the market for £1.75 million ($3 million, 2.15 million euros).
Full StoryFormer Fulham owner Mohamed Al Fayed came up with an unusual explanation on Tuesday for their Premier League relegation -- the removal of Michael Jackson's statue.
Shahid Khan, who bought Fulham from Al Fayed, had the giant statue of the late American pop star taken away from outside London club Fulham's Craven Cottage ground in November.
Full StoryA fishing village in easternmost Canada tried on Monday to auction off on eBay a sperm whale carcass that washed up onto its shores.
By midday, the town of Cape St. George, Newfoundland had received dozens of bids -- the highest topping $2,000 -- before running afoul of the online auction site's rules and the law.
Full StoryA Paris court on Monday found a South African artist guilty of sexual exhibitionism after a performance in Paris that saw him dance with a rooster tied to his penis.
But the criminal court imposed no penalty on the artist, 51-year-old Steven Cohen, noting that no complaint had been filed against him and that he had not engaged in sexual acts.
Full StoryA New Jersey family whose terrier-pit bull mix escaped from their backyard during Superstorm Sandy went to an animal shelter this week to adopt a new pet and came home with their old dog.
Chuck James tells The Associated Press that his family searched for the brown-and-white dog named Reckless for months after the October 2012 storm before finally giving up hope.
Full StoryDozens of snakes were paraded during a traditional May Day religious celebration in the Italian village of Cocullo in the Apennine Mountains on Thursday.
Thirty non-venomous snakes were draped onto a statue of Saint Dominic in the yearly ritual to celebrate the saint's supposed healing powers.
Full StoryUniversity of Connecticut alumnus Rick Mastracchio would have liked to deliver this year's graduation address to the school of engineering in person. But he'll be out of town on May 10 — orbiting the globe on the International Space Station.
So UConn has arranged for the 54-year-old astronaut give the speech from space.
Full StoryA photo op with a squirrel that went awry has left a teenager flustered but unhurt.
Seventeen-year-old Brian Genest, of Auburn, said Thursday he saw what appeared to be a friendly squirrel on a hand rail while walking through John Chestnut Park near Tampa, Florida. He was on a trip looking at colleges.
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