Homeless man's radio voice prompts job offers

Homeless man's radio voice prompts job offers
Goldman once passed on Facebook deal
China flexes military muscle for US
Teen kills principal at high school
Mysterious bird deaths hit Sweden
Ten-year-old discovers supernova
Why Jan 15 is the best day to start dieting
Angry witches, forced to pay income tax, plan spells
Want to date a virgin? Or a vegetarian?
Scientist haunted by misuse of drugs he invented
Pak Governor Salman Taseer's assassin garlanded
Pakistan bans onion export to India: Report
China rolls out its first stealth aircraft
Gibbs to leave as White House Press Secretary
Prince William to tie the knot on April 29
Mass bird kill in second US state
Gadget charger harnesses walking power
Spilt coffee triggers hijack alert
Fake White House holiday e-mail is cyber attack
How Pak media's reporting Taseer assassination
First case of man raping another man in China
500 sailors trapped in icy water off Russia's northern Pacific coast
Pak police arrests man who offered Rs 20 million for killing Taseer
$400,000 for this fish. Seriously.
Ten Indians jailed for murder in Dubai
Iran executes convicted murderer in public

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With a deep, refined voice, Ted Williams simply asked for help to get off the streets. He's been heard. Left homeless after his life and career were ruined by drugs and alcohol, Williams has been offered a job by the NBA's Cleveland Cavaliers and is being pursued by NFL Films for possible work. He and his compelling tale became an online sensation after The Columbus Dispatch posted a clip of Williams demonstrating his voiceover skills by the side of the road.

Goldman once passed on Facebook deal

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Before Goldman Sachs bought a stake in Facebook and started offering shares to wealthy clients, a powerful investment group within the firm turned down the chance to buy a piece of the social networking behemoth, according to several people briefed on the internal discussions.

China flexes military muscle for US

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Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates, on a mission to resuscitate moribund military relations with China, will not arrive in Beijing for talks with the nation's top military leaders until Sunday. But at an airfield in Chengdu, a metropolis in the nation's center, China's military leaders have already rolled out a welcome for him.

Teen kills principal at high school

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The son of a police detective opened fire at a Nebraska high school Wednesday, fatally wounding the assistant principal and forcing panicked students to take cover in the kitchen of the building just as they returned from holiday break.

Mysterious bird deaths hit Sweden

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Officials say about 50 birds have been found dead on a street in Sweden. Veterinarian Robert ter Horst says the cause of jackdaws' deaths was unclear but that fireworks were set off near the scene on Tuesday night.

Ten-year-old discovers supernova

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A 10-year-old Canadian girl has won herself a little star power for discovering a supernova. Kathryn Aurora Gray of Fredericton spotted an exploding star on Sunday while looking at images of the night sky sent to her by an astronomer friend of the family.

Why Jan 15 is the best day to start dieting

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A study reveals that Britons are more likely to fall off the diet wagon if they begin at the start of January, with 80 percent people struggling to stick to healthy eating and 44 percent citing not being in the right frame of mind to diet.

Angry witches, forced to pay income tax, plan spells

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Everyone curses the tax man, but Romanian witches angry about having to pay up for the first time are planning to use cat excrement and dead dogs to cast spells on the president and government.

Want to date a virgin? Or a vegetarian?

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Whom do you want to date? A bookworm? A beauty queen? A virgin? A vegan? Whatever you're seeking, chances are there's a niche dating site for you. Yes, even you, mustache fetishists.

Scientist haunted by misuse of drugs he invented

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David Nichols studies the way psychedelic drugs act in the brains of rats. But he's haunted by how humans hijack his work to make street drugs, sometimes causing overdose deaths.

Pak Governor Salman Taseer's assassin garlanded

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Lawyers showered the suspected killer of a prominent Pakistani governor with rose petals when he arrived at court on Wednesday and an influential Muslim scholars' group praised the assassination of the outspoken opponent of laws that order death for those who insult Islam.

Pakistan bans onion export to India: Report

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In a report that is surely going to pinch the aam aadmi, Pakistan has banned the export of onions to India via the Wagah border. Three hundred trucks of onions were to be transported to India to increase the supply and thereby reducing the high prices of onions.

China rolls out its first stealth aircraft

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China's first radar-evading stealth fighter staged a runway test at an airbase in central China on Wednesday and could make its first flight as early as Thursday afternoon, the Hong Kong editor of a Canadian military journal said.

Gibbs to leave as White House Press Secretary

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Robert Gibbs, the White House Press Secretary and close confidante to US President Obama, said on Wednesday that he will step down and become an outside political adviser to the President and his re-election campaign.

Prince William to tie the knot on April 29

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Britain's royal palace on Wednesday announced that the Prince William and Kate Middleton would be married at a Westminster Abbey service on April 29.

Mass bird kill in second US state

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Just a few days after as many as 5 thousand fell from the sky in Arkansas, some 500 birds dropped to their death in Louisiana.

Gadget charger harnesses walking power

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A US company has come up with a baton-shaped device that charges gadgets using power generated by walking, hiking or running.

Spilt coffee triggers hijack alert

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A US flight from Chicago to the German city of Frankfurt, with 255 people on board, reportedly made an emergency landing in Canada because the pilot spilled his coffee in the cockpit.

Fake White House holiday e-mail is cyber attack

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The e-mail Christmas card from the White House that surfaced just before Christmas was a ruse by cybercriminals to steal documents and other data from law enforcement, military and government workers.

How Pak media's reporting Taseer assassination

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The Pakistani media on Wednesday termed Taseer's assasination as a reflection of the growing "cancer of intolerance" in the society.

First case of man raping another man in China

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In what is believed to be the first case of its kind in China, a man who was charged with raping a male colleague could not be convicted for his act as Chinese criminal law has no provision to punish a male raping a male, posing a major dilemma for judicial officials.

500 sailors trapped in icy water off Russia's northern Pacific coast

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Ice-breakers have been working to help free several ships trapped in the Sea of Okhotsk, off of Russia's northern Pacific coast. The Tass news agency reported that one ice-breaker wasn't enough to get the fishing trawler Mys Elizaveta away from ice as thick as two meters -- some six and a-half feet -- so a second was brought in to help free the vessel and another nearby.

Pak police arrests man who offered Rs 20 million for killing Taseer

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Pakistani police have arrested a man who had announced a Rs 20 million prize for anyone who killed Punjab Governor Salmaan Taseer for opposing the country's controversial blasphemy law.

$400,000 for this fish. Seriously.

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A giant bluefin tuna fetched a record 32.49 million yen, or nearly $396,000, in Tokyo on Wednesday, in the first auction of the year at the world's largest wholesale fish market.

Ten Indians jailed for murder in Dubai

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Eleven bootleggers, ten from India and one from Pakistan, have been sentenced to prison terms ranging from 10 years to life after being convicted for beating a man to death and burying his body in a shallow sandy grave in Dubai.