A tourist in Australia had to be rescued by police after plunging off a pier while browsing Facebook on her phone.
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Carly Kerby, a mom of four girls, doesn’t have the greatest track record as the Tooth Fairy, but it was another family tradition that nearly did her in: The Elf on the Shelf.
Two lucky winning tickets were sold in Tuesday’s near-record $636 million Mega Millions drawing: one at a tiny newsstand in Atlanta, and the other more than 2,000 miles away in California.
The guide dog that leaped onto subway tracks after his blind owner lost consciousness and fell off a station platform is assured a loving home after his retirement.
A Florida Wal-Mart employee faces charges after officials say he shot a co-worker’s car window because she won an employee-of-the-month award.
An anonymous donor is making the holidays merrier for shoppers with Christmas gifts on layaway at an Ohio store.
Officials in southeastern Brazil say doctors performed a cesarean section on a 37-year-old woman only to discover that she wasn’t pregnant.
The outside of the mittens say “Go USA.” The insides say “Made in China.”
An Indiana woman said she expects to be reunited with her dog Wednesday after he wandered 45 miles from home following a tornado last month and was adopted by a new owner.
Billie Jean King will be one of two openly gay athletes in the U.S. delegation for the opening and closing ceremonies at the Winter Olympics next year in Sochi, Russia, President Obama announced Tuesday. For the first time since 2000, however, the U.S. will not send a president, former president, first lady or vice president to the Games.
Facebook said Tuesday that it’s testing video advertisements that show up in its users’ news feeds, creating another potential source of advertising revenue for the social network.
Powerful winds made a simple task like crossing the street an adventure for some Norwegian Christmas shoppers.
Airport security isn’t often on the receiving end of well-wishes, but a video out of Poland this week shows a man who has a very big reason to be grateful to a security guard this holiday season.
Death, devices and celebrity drove the quest for more information on Google’s search engine this year.
It’s the ultimate fantasy: Winning a giant lottery. The odds are astronomical, but tell that to the optimists and dreamers across the country who lined up at gas stations, mini-marts and drug stores Monday for the last-minute buying frenzy in the Mega Millions jackpot.