Oregon police agree it was a bad first date.

They say a 23-year-old man met a woman for the first time in person Monday night after they talked online. She hopped into his vehicle at a drive-through restaurant in Wilsonville, south of Portland, and suggested he buy her a milkshake.

Soap bubbles, little green army men and Rubik's Cube are the latest inductees to the U.S. National Toy Hall of Fame, the National Museum of Play announced Thursday.

They were among 12 toys considered this year for the honor, alongside the likes of American Girl dolls, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and paper airplanes.

Wanted: woman, preferably single, likes traveling... and must have the name Elizabeth Gallagher.

A Canadian who recently split with his girlfriend is seeking a fill-in who shares her name to take a free trip around the world with him.

A young American naturalist, filmmaker and adventurer in the Amazon set off an Internet stir Thursday after he claimed he offered himself for dinner to a giant snake for a TV show.

"I'm Paul Rosolie and I'm about to be the first person to be eaten alive by an anaconda," he said in a 30-second video on Twitter promoting a new show, "Eaten Alive," to be telecast on the Discovery Channel on December 7.

Two foreign tourists on holiday in India unwittingly landed in jail this week after strong winds blew their hot air balloon off course.

The two sisters from the West Indies were enjoying a ride over the desert in the western state of Rajasthan on Tuesday when the balloon's pilot lost control, forcing him to make an emergency landing.

A western New York homeowner says she awoke to find an unwelcome visitor in her living room — a deer.

Wyoming County Sheriff Deputy Matthew Sage responded to the homeowner's call earlier this week. He tells The Buffalo News (http://bit.ly/1t8ZD0O ) the young buck had crashed through a window and was standing near a couch when he arrived at the rural Strykersville home Monday morning.

The world's only surviving giant panda triplets were doing well as they turned 100 days old Wednesday.

Each weighs more than 5 kilograms (11 pounds), up from just over 100 grams at birth. They started teething at around 80 days old and have two small teeth each.

If you're caught short on Amsterdam's historic Dam Square, the Dutch government has a message for you: Don't pee on the palace.

The Dutch royal family uses the stately Royal Palace in downtown Amsterdam as a working palace, not a residence. But the building's dark arches provide a favored spot for urination, often at night, out of sight of police who regularly patrol the palace vicinity.

A luxury pet hotel featuring air-conditioned suites, spa services and gourmet meals was unveiled Tuesday in Singapore, further raising the level of pet pampering in the wealthy city-state.

The 4,317 square-foot (401 square-meter) Wagington hotel is located in a converted British colonial-era bungalow in the diplomatic quarter.

Outspoken Czech President Milos Zeman faced unprecedented criticism on Tuesday over a recent radio interview littered with expletives that has sparked uproar across the country.

Speaking on public broadcaster Czech Radio on Sunday, Zeman said the center-left Czech government had "fucked up" a bill, called members of the Russian punk rock group Pussy Riot "bitches" and translated "pussy" into Czech as "cunt".