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NYC funeral home van towed with body inside

A police tow truck removed a minivan parked outside a New York City funeral home, giving its dearly departed passenger an unexpected side trip.

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Filmmakers ditch mockumentary to tell the real story

Elderly ladies, leisure marching - it's the subject of the 28-minute documentary Marching On, which was filmed in Christchurch over three-and-a-half years.

PETA offers city lettuce bikini bins

The animal rights group PETA is offering to help the cash-strapped city of Colorado Springs by paying to put trash cans back in parks - on one condition.

Royal gaffe: Prince Philip implies sea cadet is an exotic dancer

For more than 50 years Prince Philip has been at his wife's side for royal visits and functions.

Weird World News: 12 March, 2010

This week: The toughest teeth in Africa, sheep dancing and an explosive blast from the past - that's right, it's cowboy monkey!

Armed robber makes off with massive haul of $6

They say crime doesn't pay. For one robber in California, it did - but not much.

Man breaks into church to watch porn

Charges have been filed against an Iowa man who broke into a church where he used the institution's electronic equipment to watch pornography.

'Irritable bowel syndrome' actually a baby

A British woman has given birth, although she had no idea she was pregnant.

Chef creates cheese from wife's breast milk

A Manhattan chef has posted a recipe on his blog for what he calls "My spouse's mommy milk cheese".

Who'd pay $2800 for two bottles of spirits?

From time to time, things pop up which you know are crazy - but they're almost too crazy to ignore.