There are traditions--like Friday-evening get-togethers--and then there are traditions, like sleeping in a casket every Friday night. A guy in Brazil has slept in a casket every Friday night for 23 years running. Zeli Rossi, of Brazil's southeastern state of Minas Gerais, swaps out a mattress for a coffin once a week. Read more
A lot of things fall to prompt freeway or highway closures--but it's not usually bull semen. Oranges, lemons, fruits of many varieties have all caused major arteries to be shut down. But fruit spills -- unlike unidentified canisters in Tennessee -- don't cause a scare to emergency crews over vapors, foul smell and wonders of toxicity. Read more
Forget about nanny cams--some things can't be recorded: A baby sitter in Florida was spotted carting around a baby in a stroller--in a truck bed. Apparently there's no car seat required when you're carting around a baby who's already seated in a stroller. Volusia County drivers called 911 in what responding Daytona Beach officers deem child neglect. Read more
It's been 18 years and three men are freed from prison after convictions in a gruesome crime that put them behind bars for one-fifth their lives. To see freedom, they've got to enter a guilty plea while maintaining innocence, in the strangest legal scenario possible. Read more
When in doubt, don't use your head -- use your feet. A 24-year-old guy from Detroit is old enough to know better: The man plays Fred Flintstone--stupidly using his feet as brakes to drive his truck, unsuccessfully. It all didn't work out to well. He's alive and so is everyone else but he did hit four cars or vehicles before Michigan cops stopped him. Read more
Fires don't usually destroy ovens--especially those over 100 years old that have weathered the test of time. The "Garland Stove" known as the world's largest stove, built for the World's Fair in Chicago, has been hit by lightning. The Michigan Fair landmark was part of the pre-automotive boom when five major stove-making companies helped Detroit be dubbed the "Stove Capital of the World". Read more
It's one of the most searched names in China right now: "Carrot Boy". Just a couple days ago--during the Chinese version of Valentine's Day--a young man in China gathered 48 of his closest friends to create an unforgettable marriage proposal. Romantic? Well, that depends on personal definition of romance. The thought was certainly there: Dancing carrots celebrated his love's love of orange. Read more
It's the craziest lasso effort yet: An escaped bull is finally caught on Auburn city streets after running nearly full speed for four miles--the bull finally lassoed by two experts in their field. One cowboy rides shotgun in a cop's patrol car, using a lasso from an open window, while a second ropes the animal from on top of a speeding police cruiser that's pacing the bull. Read more