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Two arrested after using barbecue pit as a weapon

AP - 49 minutes ago

ALEXANDRIA, La. - A man and a woman found a new use for a barbecue pit — one that landed them in jail. An argument over whether a third guest should stay in the house got so heated that the woman picked up the barbecue pit and hit the man over the head with it, police said.

  • Protestor Donald L. Kohles recites the rosary outside the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels in Los Angeles July 15, 2007. (Mario Anzuoni/Reuters)
    Blow-up church looks to lure beachgoers Reuters - Wed Aug 6, 12:07 PM ET

    ROME (Reuters) - Catholic nuns and priests in Italy are following their flocks to the beach this summer, establishing an inflatable church and a beach-convent in the sands to lure sunbathers.

  • Beer and spies: "Stasi pub" divides Berliners Reuters - Wed Aug 6, 12:08 PM ET

    BERLIN (Reuters) - Two Berliners have caused a stir with a new "Stasi Bar" where guests can sip beer surrounded by listening devices and shredded documents, a stone's throw from the former headquarters of East Germany's dreaded secret police.

  • JetBlue offers free trip to nowhere from JFK Reuters - Wed Aug 6, 12:09 PM ET

    NEW YORK (Reuters) - Want all the hassle of air travel without going anywhere?

  • Beijing smog? I'm off for a smoke Reuters - Wed Aug 6, 12:09 PM ET

    BEIJING (Reuters) - Some athletes fret about the Beijing smog. Others say, relax and have a cigarette.

  • A police woman stands next to a scaffold destroyed by a storm nicknamed 'Emma,' in the German town of Erfurt, March 1, 2008. (Sascha Fromm/Thueringer Allgemeine/Reuters)
    Policewomen get "bullet-proof bras" Reuters - Tue Aug 5, 12:18 PM ET

    BERLIN (Reuters) - Thousands of German policewomen will receive what media have labeled "bullet-proof bras."

  • "Lord" puts life up for sale on eBay Reuters - Thu Aug 7, 10:42 AM ET

    LONDON (Reuters) - An eccentric millionaire has put his entire life up for sale on the Internet -- including his title of Lord of the Manor of Warleigh -- in the hope of converting his assets into cash.

  • A Titan Arum (Amorphophallus titanum), also known as the corpse flower, is seen in full bloom at the Eden Project in southwest England in this handout picture released by the Eden Project February 5, 2007. REUTERS/Steve Bedser/Eden Project
    Giant smelly flower puts on sex show in Belgium Reuters - Thu Aug 7, 12:16 PM ET

    MEISE, Belgium (Reuters) - It's one of the world's largest flowers, it stinks of rotting meat or rancid cheese and looks very much like a giant penis.

  • Paul Goodison of Britain, racing in the Laser class, arrives at the marina following his sailing practice prior to the Beijing Olympic Games in Qingdao August 6, 2008. REUTERS/Peter Andrews
    Sailing team says thanks a bunch after welcome Reuters - Thu Aug 7, 12:28 AM ET

    QINGDAO, China (Reuters) - Say it with flowers! A delegation from the British sailing team being welcomed into the Qingdao Olympic Village avoided an embarrassing moment on Thursday thanks to a nearby florist.

  • Paris Hilton is seen in a video response to U.S. Republican candidate John McCain's television advertisement. REUTERS/Courtesy Funny or Die.com/Handout
    Paris Hilton strips down to reveal "hot" energy plan Reuters - Wed Aug 6, 4:01 PM ET

    NEW YORK (Reuters) - Millionaire socialite Paris Hilton has jumped into the U.S. election campaign, calling Republican candidate John McCain a "wrinkly white-haired guy" and offering her own energy policy.

  • A pint of lager is seen at a pub in central London, November 23, 2005. REUTERS/Dylan Martinez
    Pro-publican beer ad angers Aussie monarchists Reuters - Wed Aug 6, 10:45 PM ET

    CANBERRA (Reuters) - An advertisement by an Australian brewer urging beer lovers to "Forget the monarchy, support the publicans" has angered supporters of Britain's monarchy who say the ad is beyond the pale, forcing it to be pulled.

  • Paul Lunde, left, Al Floyd,second from left, Debbie Dixon, David Gorden, second from right, and Dean Peterson, right, model prototype kilt uniforms for postal workers at the National Association of Letter Carriers' convention in July, 2008, in Boston, where Peterson introduced a resolution to add kilts to the U.S. Postal Service uniform choices. (AP Photo/Joni Peterson)
    Wash. letter carrier going full kilt ahead AP - Thu Aug 7, 5:02 AM ET

    SEATTLE - A 6-foot-tall, 250-pound letter carrier is campaigning for the right to take off his pants. Dean Peterson wants the U.S. Postal Service to add kilts as a uniform option for men.

  • File photo shows stray dogs resting in the warm spring sunshine in Red Square in Moscow March 29, 2007. REUTERS/Denis Sinyakov
    Fido's not just yawning -- he's empathising Reuters - Wed Aug 6, 1:33 AM ET

    LONDON (Reuters) - Dogs find human yawns contagious, suggesting they have a rudimentary capacity for empathy, scientists said on Wednesday.

  • Mexican woman fights off lion with machete AP - Thu Aug 7, 6:56 AM ET

    ACAPULCO, Mexico - A Mexican woman says she fought a 500-pound lion with a machete near the resort city of Acapulco and scared him away.

  • "Nuclear Modified" music CD sparks Israeli alert Reuters - Wed Aug 6, 1:07 PM ET

    JERUSALEM (Reuters) - When Yasmin Sabah was given a music CD by a friend, she never imagined it would make her the target of a clandestine operation by Israeli security services.

  • Slingshot wrong way to get girlfriend's attention AP - Wed Aug 6, 3:36 PM ET

    SOUTH OGDEN, Utah - An 11-year-old boy who wanted to get his girlfriend's attention without waking her parents got a lesson in the strength of a window pane. A pebble fired from a slingshot has more velocity than a pebble tossed by hand.

  • A police woman stands next to a scaffold destroyed by a storm nicknamed "Emma," in the German town of Erfurt, March 1, 2008. REUTERS/Sascha Fromm/Thueringer Allgemeine
    German police women get "bullet-proof bras" Reuters - Tue Aug 5, 9:50 AM ET

    BERLIN (Reuters) - Thousands of German police women will receive what media have labelled "bullet-proof bras".

  • 111-year-old reptile finally becoming a father AP - Wed Aug 6, 3:40 PM ET

    WELLINGTON, New Zealand - Officials say an indigenous New Zealand reptile regarded as one of the last living remnants of the dinosaurs will become a father for the first time in decades at the age of 111.

  • Blow-up church looks to lure Italian beachgoers Reuters - Tue Aug 5, 3:00 PM ET

    ROME (Reuters) - Catholic nuns and priests in Italy are following their flocks to the beach this summer, establishing an inflatable church and a beach-convent in the sands to lure sunbathers.

  • 26 teen cheerleaders rescued from crammed elevator AP - Wed Aug 6, 4:26 PM ET

    AUSTIN, Texas - How many cheerleaders can cram into an elevator? Apparently not 26. A group of teenage girls attending a cheerleading camp on the University of Texas got stuck and had to be rescued after trying to squeeze into an elevator at a residence hall Tuesday night.

  • Singer and clothes designer Victoria Beckham poses for photographers during a photocall at Harrods store, to promote the Spring/Summer 2008 collection of her 'dVb' clothing range, London May 15, 2008. REUTERS/Toby Melville
    Victoria Beckham is descendant of comrade of Marx Reuters - Mon Aug 4, 3:52 PM ET

    BERLIN (Reuters) - Pop singer Victoria Beckham is a descendant of a 19th century German communist who was close to Karl Marx, a German historian was quoted as saying on Monday.

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  • Wash. letter carrier going full kilt ahead AP - Thu Aug 7, 5:02 AM ET

    SEATTLE - A 6-foot-tall, 250-pound letter carrier is campaigning for the right to take off his pants. Dean Peterson wants the U.S. Postal Service to add kilts as a uniform option for men.

  • Spelling "truely atrosious," says academic Reuters - Thu Aug 7, 11:29 AM ET

    LONDON (Reuters) - Embaressed by yor spelling? Never you mind.

  • Boy, 11, fires ace in just his 3rd time golfing AP - 21 minutes ago

    BISMARCK, N.D. - Golfing for just the third time, 11-year-old Allan Saylor was whacking the ball around with a friend, not even keeping score. A hole-in-one? No big deal. The sixth-grader fired the ace Wednesday on the 150-yard, par-3 sixth hole at the neighboring Mandan Municipal Golf Course, using a driver borrowed from his buddy.