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Brazilian crashes his own funeralPlay

Brazilian crashes his own funeral

AP - Fri Nov 6, 9:10 AM ET

A Brazilian man has shocked his family by showing up at his own funeral. Family members had incorrectly identified Ademir Jorge Goncalves as a car crash victim Sunday night. (06 November 2009)

  • 2 legged dog looking for a home Play
    2 legged dog looking for a home AP - Thu Nov 5, 6:35 PM ET

    A chihuahua tossed out by its owner, perhaps because of the way she was born, is looking for a new home and extra TLC to help with the unusual obstacles that lay ahead for her. (Nov. 5)

  • Ebay auction of DWI chair pulled, reposted Play
    Ebay auction of DWI chair pulled, reposted AP - Wed Nov 4, 10:24 PM ET

    A Minnesota police chief fears the city will lose a big chunk of revenue after it was forced to repost the sale of an infamous motorized recliner on eBay. The chair was confiscated from a man accused of driving it drunk. (Nov. 4)

  • Raw Video: Hair-raising ordeal for several bears Play
    Raw Video: Hair-raising ordeal for several bears AP - Wed Nov 4, 2:02 PM ET

    Three female spectacled bears in a zoo in eastern German have suddenly lost nearly all their fur. The senior curator at Leipzig Zoo said the three bears were suffering from some sort of disease, as yet to be identified. (Nov. 4)

  • Raw Video: 200 foot long BLT Play
    Raw Video: 200 foot long BLT AP - Wed Nov 4, 1:17 PM ET

    Officials at Lock Haven University in central Pennsylvania made a huge bacon, lettuce and tomato sandwich that stretched more than 200 feet and used 225 pounds of bacon, 200 pounds of lettuce and 16 gallons of mayo. (Nov. 4)

  • New door handle improves sanitation Play
    New door handle improves sanitation AP - Tue Nov 3, 6:49 PM ET

    Restaurant customers in one Texas town are praising a new type of door handle that makes a trip to the restroom a bit more sanitary. Rich Matthews has the story. (Nov. 3)

  • Raw video: From goal to goal Play
    Raw video: From goal to goal AP - Tue Nov 3, 4:37 PM ET

    A high school goalie in Wisconsin netted his team's lone goal when he punted from his end of the field all the way to the other side and over his counterpart's head. (Nov. 3)

  • Raw video: Newspaper's World Series mistake Play
    Raw video: Newspaper's World Series mistake AP - Mon Nov 2, 10:52 PM ET

    The Philadelphia Inquirer newspaper has apologized to readers for mistakenly running an ad congratulating the Philadelphia Phillies on winning back-to-back World Series titles. (Nov. 2)

  • Raw Video: Usain Bolt adopts a cheetah Play
    Raw Video: Usain Bolt adopts a cheetah AP - Mon Nov 2, 3:52 PM ET

    The world's fastest man adopted the animal kingdom's fastest sprinter Monday, as Usain Bolt welcomed a new baby cheetah named 'Lightning Bolt' into his life. (Nov. 2)

  • Raw video: Festival for the true Choc-aholic Play
    Raw video: Festival for the true Choc-aholic AP - Sat Oct 31, 12:37 AM ET

    From sculptures to costumes, everything at this New York festival is a tasty treat. That's because it's all made out of chocolate. (Oct. 30)

  • Motorized La-Z-Boy used in DUI now on eBay Play
    Motorized La-Z-Boy used in DUI now on eBay AP - Fri Oct 30, 9:54 PM ET

    A motorized La-Z-Boy that was used in a drunk driving accident in Minnesota has been put up for auction. But the original owner and alleged drunk driver is angry. (Oct. 30)

  • Snowbird manatee flies to balmy Miami for winter Play
    Snowbird manatee flies to balmy Miami for winter AP - Thu Oct 29, 7:37 PM ET

    Ilya, a wayward manatee facing death in frigid New Jersey waters, made it safely back to his native Miami this afternoon. Ilya was flown to the Miami Seaquarium, where he plunged into 81-degree water. (Oct. 29)

  • Florida man creates giant rubber band ball Play
    Florida man creates giant rubber band ball AP - Thu Oct 29, 6:48 PM ET

    A Fla. man spent almost five years wrapping and linking and stretching about 730,000 rubber bands of various sizes into this ball. Ripley's Believe it or Not will put it on display at Ripley's museum in Orlando.

  • Raw Video: Town hosts Halloween coffin race Play
    Raw Video: Town hosts Halloween coffin race AP - Thu Oct 29, 11:57 AM ET

    The small town of Manitou Springs, Colorado held it's 15th Annual Coffin Races last weekend. There was a parade of hearses, coffins and costumed characters along the town's Main Street. (Oct. 29)

  • Share a grave with a stranger? Play
    Share a grave with a stranger? AP - Thu Oct 29, 8:21 AM ET

    A London cemetery is urging strangers to share double-decker graves, to ease a space crisis. But the practice may run up against a British cultural aversion. (29 October 2009)

  • New robot inspired by Spiderman Play
    New robot inspired by Spiderman AP - Thu Oct 29, 5:55 AM ET

    Meet "spiderbot," a cable-suspended-robot inspired by the Marvel Comics superhero. Israeli developers hope the robot can be used to handle cargo and maybe in rescue work in the future. (OCt 29)

  • 88-year-old walks 10,000 miles Play
    88-year-old walks 10,000 miles AP - Wed Oct 28, 3:21 AM ET

    An 88-year-old woman has walked 10-thousand miles in memory of her late husband. He died from Alzheimer's disease 11 years ago. (Oct. 28)

  • Man tapes smuggled snakes to his skin Play
    Man tapes smuggled snakes to his skin AP - Tue Oct 27, 5:56 PM ET

    A man was has been arrested in Norway for trying to smuggle two dozen snakes and geckos into the country by hiding them in bags under his clothes. (Oct. 27)

  • Giant stagecoach created from something tiny Play
    Giant stagecoach created from something tiny AP - Tue Oct 27, 10:45 AM ET

    An Indiana man known as 'Mr. Toothpick' spends years piecing together slivers of wood to create a stagecoach. (Oct. 27)

  • World's oldest dog nearly 21-years-old AP - Sun Oct 25, 11:42 AM ET

    The Guinness Book of World Records has certified, "Otto" of Shrewsbury, England as the world's oldest dog at nearly 21-years-old. (Oct. 25)

  • Lithuanian pets hit the runway in fashion Play
    Lithuanian pets hit the runway in fashion AP - Sat Oct 24, 11:32 PM ET

    Pet owners in Kaunas, Lithuania celebrated Halloween early with a fashion show for their dogs. The top prize was 200 U.S. dollars. (Oct. 24)

  • Raw Video: Fashion goes to the dogs Play
    Raw Video: Fashion goes to the dogs AP - Sat Oct 24, 4:08 PM ET

    No word if dogs like dressing up for Halloween, but many pooch owners in Lithuania hit the runaway with their dressed up canine to compete in a Halloween costume contest. A bee look-alike took the top prize. (Oct. 24)

  • 41 compete for Monopoly world title Play
    41 compete for Monopoly world title AP - Thu Oct 22, 9:17 PM ET

    The top monopoly players from 41 countries met in Las Vegas this week to compete in the Monopoly World Championship. A 19-year-old from Norway took top honors. (Oct. 22)

  • Raw Video: Horse rescued from Ariz. hole Play
    Raw Video: Horse rescued from Ariz. hole AP - Thu Oct 15, 2:37 PM ET

    Fire crews spent near two hours rescuing a horse after it fell, hind first, into a deep hole Thursday in Pinal County, Arizona. Crews dug two trenched to pull the horse out. Both the rider and horse appear to be in good health. (Oct. 15)

  • Wayward moose tranquilized in downtown Fargo Play
    Wayward moose tranquilized in downtown Fargo AP - Thu Oct 15, 11:31 AM ET

    Law enforcement and animal experts in the Fargo, North Dakota area surrounded a young bull moose at a local hotel, tranquilized it with a dart gun and released it in a wildlife area in northern Cass County. (Oct. 16)

  • Protest by garden gnomes in Hitler salute Play
    Protest by garden gnomes in Hitler salute AP - Wed Oct 14, 2:42 PM ET

    A German artist uses 1,250 garden gnomes saluting in Hitler-like poses to make a point against fascism. (Oct. 14)