Because Cyrano weighs more than 20 pounds, amputating his cancer-weakened leg was out of the question.

A New York attorney's decision to withdraw his claim on a multimillion dollar Iowa Lottery prize doesn't put to rest officials' questions about how he obtained the ticket.

Actor Robert Hegyes , one of the stars of the 70s sitcom "Welcome Back Kotter" died today of an apparent heart attack.

For many athletes, using Twitter is a way to extend their brand and interact with adoring fans but as these incidents show, sometimes is not all sunshines and rainbows when athletes spout off in the Twitterverse.

Khadijah Baseer, 31, was recently arrested on suspicion of prostitution outside a Burbank, Calif. McDonald's. She's been accused of offering sex for McNuggets.

"Fear Factor" producers' plans to serve fresh glasses of donkey semen to contestants on the next episode had NBC execs so concerned ... they gave serious thought to killing the stunt, TMZ has learned.

A Swiss artist plans to bury an intact Boeing 727 jetliner in California's Mojave Desert and build a tunnel to give visitors a chance to see it.

Allison Peterson figured she had mistakenly dropped her iPhone in a recycling bin.

The New England Patriots wide receiver known for prolific social media interactions tuned in to President Barack Obama's State of the Union address Tuesday night, and he soon was wondering about the unsmiling man sitting behind the Democratic president.

A British court has banned a man from driving for a year after he was caught traveling with four children in the trunk of his car.

The reptiles were bound for Jakarta, the heart of the country's animal black market, according to TRAFFIC, a wildlife watchdog group.

Princess, the star of New Jersey's Popcorn Park Zoo, has correctly picked the winner of five of the last six Super Bowls.

A southern Illinois man faces federal charges that accuse him of planning to kidnap, extort and electrocute a wealthy man in a killing the suspect allegedly looked to pin on a cat.

The very worst national anthem renditions include singers, athletes, actors and ordinary people who have flubbed the lines, put their own (unsuccessful) spin on the song or just messed up so bad that they never ever live it down.

The long-finned pilot whales were among 99 that initially stranded themselves on the South Island on Monday.

A bank robber in Brazil spent very little time on the run from police - because he shot himself in the foot during the break-in. The incident was caught on a security camera during the bank job in a small town in the state of Parana.

A 19-year-old college student accused of swiping a doughnut in Wyoming is going to be paying a pretty penny for that pastry.

Most people can't wait to leave jail, but one northern Arizona inmate has been charged with trespassing after refusing to leave the Coconino County lockup.

Officials in Salisbury say the state Department of Natural Resources has recommended the beaver should be allowed to stay in a creek in the park, where it appeared last fall.

A boat that was lost at sea off the coast of Massachusetts in 2008 washed up on the coast of Spain more than three years later.