World champ in wacky competitions? Finland: They carry their wives, sit on ants, throw milking stools, boots and mobile phones here in the home of weird world championships, participants will do just about anything to win their offbeat crowns. ›22:14 26 Aug, Tue
1 in 10 Native American deaths alcohol related: Almost 12 percent of the deaths among American Indians and Alaska Natives are alcohol-related more than three times the percentage in the general population, a new federal report says. ›17:44 28 Aug, Thu
NYT: New hope 45 years after King's dream: Many veterans of the March on Washington will gather at televisions Thursday night and watch an event they would have considered impossible not just in 1963, but perhaps in 1983, or 1993. ›04:36 28 Aug, Thu
Half of Katrina victims were elderly: As New Orleans residents keep an eye on the movement of a storm named Gustav, there's a new report on the deaths from Hurricane Katrina, which hit the gulf coast three years ago Friday. ›23:20 28 Aug, Thu
Car hits Playboy Mansion twice: One man appears determined to crash the party at the Playboy Mansion. ›10:20 28 Aug, Thu
GOP considers delaying convention: Republican officials say they are considering delaying the start of the GOP convention in Minneapolis-St. Paul because of Tropical Storm Gustav, which is on track to hit the Gulf Coast early next week. ›02:40
Woman out of doghouse in vote case: A judge has decided that a suburban Seattle woman who registered her Australian shepherd-terrier mix to vote has spent enough time in the legal doghouse. ›22:05 26 Aug, Tue
'Junior' Gotti pleads not guilty in Tampa: John A. "Junior" Gotti entered a not guilty plea Thursday to federal racketeering charges that link him to three mob slayings, cocaine distribution and other crimes. ›23:06 28 Aug, Thu
Drunken-driving deaths fall in 32 states: Drunken-driving deaths fell in 32 states in 2007, the government reported Thursday, but alcohol-related fatalities increased among motorcycle riders in half the states. ›22:06 28 Aug, Thu
New Orleans asks: Will levees hold?: Just three years after Hurricane Katrina, New Orleans confronts a new threat from Gustav and a stark question: Will the partially rebuilt levees hold? ›22:43 28 Aug, Thu
Library scofflaw: They were good books: Heidi Dalibor, the 20-year-old Wisconsin woman recently arrested and booked for failing to pay her library fines, was rueful about the surprising chapter in her life that landed her in headlines and a police car: It was my fault. Now all I can do is laugh. ›15:22 25 Aug, Mon
Cat survives being walled in for 7 weeks: A four-year-old cat in Germany called Bonny has survived after being walled in beneath a bathtub for seven weeks, its owner said Tuesday. By the time the neighbor heard Bonny's plaintive meowing from behind the tiles on August 8, the cat's weight had dropped from 13 pounds to 4 pounds. ›18:36 26 Aug, Tue
Gulf Coast uneasy as Gustav nears: With Gustav showing no signs of veering off a track to slam into the Gulf Coast, authorities began laying the groundwork Thursday to get the sick, elderly and poor away from the shoreline. ›22:37 28 Aug, Thu
Auctioneers find explosives in suitcase: Auctioneers preparing for a backyard estate sale Saturday morning made an explosive discovery among the china and other items up for bid a suitcase full of military-grade explosives. ›07:24 25 Aug, Mon
Raft made of plastic bottles crosses Pacific: Tanned, dirty and hungry, two men who spent three months crossing the Pacific on a raft made of plastic bottles to raise awareness of ocean debris finally stepped onto dry land. ›14:54 28 Aug, Thu
Diaper breaks fall, saves child's life: A disposable diaper has saved the life of an 18-month-old boy, breaking his fall from a third-floor apartment window, officials said Thursday. ›22:51 28 Aug, Thu
Woman risks going to jail over library book: A Maine woman says shed rather go to jail than turn over a library book she deems dangerous. And she may get her chance. ›19:27 28 Aug, Thu
No bull! Cows have a built-in compass: A study of Google Earth satellite images has revealed that herds of cattle tend to face in the north-south direction of Earth's magnetic lines. ›21:46 25 Aug, Mon
6-figure bonus: Easy come, easy go: Oklahoma officials say a typo resulted in a state employee receiving a bonus of $850,000 but it was only temporary. ›23:57 23 Aug, Sat
Abramoff lobbies for early release: Defense attorneys filed 95 letters in court Wednesday night as part of a bid to get Abramoff out of prison early. They describe him as a humbled, changed man whose family is suffering. ›23:24 28 Aug, Thu
Jury gets microwave baby case: A mother intentionally put her month-old daughter in a microwave oven and cooked the child to death after a fight with her boyfriend, a prosecutor told jurors Thursday. ›00:07