Randy Bresnik, 42, will not be around for the birth of his daughter. But at least he has a good excuse -- he's in space.Bresnik is on the space team currently at the International Space Station, where he is hauling cargo from the ship to the ... Read more
Five-year-old Chloe Edwards's daily accomplishments might usually look like this: watch cartoons, eat paste, play tag, more delicious paste. But the Middlesbrough, England, tot can now add "stare down a knife-wielding burglar in the middle of the ... Read more
Two burglars forced themselves into an Indianapolis home at gunpoint last week, tied up the Griffie family with duct tape and struck one of the parents. But they also -- oddly enough -- made sure the youngest member of the family got his bottle. ... Read more
It's been a rough year, and that is why this year's New Oxford American Dictionary Word of the Year speaks so clearly to us. The 2009 word of the year? Unfriend.The word -- which anybody who has ever gotten drunk and set a couch on fire at a ... Read more
Sara Bostwick had no qualms with vowing to accept her husband for better or worse. Her wedding photos were a different story.The New York newlywed recently lodged a lawsuit against a photographer whom she claims took revealing pictures of her on ... Read more
Yesterday was the beginning of what the Huffington Post has dubbed "Sarah Palin Week" -- five solid days of media appearances to promote her new hair memoir, "Going Rogue: An American Life."The first stop on this tour was, obviously, the "The ... Read more
The jig is up. Belle de Jour, the former prostitute behind the popular column "Diary of a London Call Girl" and TV series "Secret Diary of a Call Girl" is really British research scientist Dr. Brooke Magnanti, 34. Dr. Magnanti gave the oldest reason ... Read more
Back in the day it was considered "unladylike" to talk openly about sex, but in today's world it's as simple as asking someone about the weather. However, as open as we are about sex, does this trickle down to pornography as well?Earlier this ... Read more
So, picture this: You're on your high school's prom committee. You came up with the theme. You've raised over $200 for the big event. But five months beforehand, your principal threatens to cancel it -- because of your date.This was the position ... Read more
Never underestimate the power of a woman - especially one with wicked firearm skills and a reputation for not shying away from danger. The shooting at Fort Hood, Texas, last week which left 13 dead and at least 29 injured might have been even ... Read more
If at first you don't succeed, try, try again. Then try 949 more times. This is the lesson to be learned from Cha Sa-Soon, a South Korean woman who finally passed her driver's exam after 950 tries.Sa-Soon has been making attempts to pass on an ... Read more
Whether you've been roused by a late-night drunken confession of love, or woken up some morning to rediscover how inebriatedly communicative you were the night before, chances are you've gotten cozy with the phenomenon of drunk dialing/texting. ... Read more
It turns out gay really does mean happy -- especially when it means homosexual. A study of the happiest states in the union, dubbed the Gallup-Healthways Well-Being Index, found the number of gay residents helped to boost a state's happiness score. ... Read more
When you're in love, you'll do anything to make a relationship work. Does that include lying about having cancer?For Trista Joy Lathern, it sure did. The 24-year-old Texan lied about having breast cancer and then used the $10,000 raised at a ... Read more
For a lot of women, watching your husband being shipped off to jail for dealing meth might be the straw that breaks the camel's back, but for one Nebraska woman, it simply meant it was time to get cracking and get the father of her children out of ... Read more
Being the president's daughter clearly has its upsides, but it's not all gumballs and jellybean trees.For example, when Malia Obama got a C on a science test, daddy Barack Obama used her as an example at a press conference. Repeat: He just told ... Read more
It sounds like a bridezilla's worst nightmare: A Welsh couple found out their wedding cake was a fake made of polystyrene only after trying to cut into it at their reception.As bride Aimee West told the Daily Mail, "It was a lovely occasion and ... Read more
The mighty New York Yankees became the world champions of baseball again last night when they beat the Philadelphia Phillies. It was the first championship in their brand-spanking-new stadium, and I'm basking in the glory of the victory of my adopted ... Read more
Coughing into the phone and pretending you're sick while calling your boss is for amateurs, as a Colorado man demonstrated when he stabbed himself in the leg so he wouldn't have to work his shift at an Edgewater, Colo., Blockbuster video. ... Read more
If there's something about the Irish brogue that can make even "Three McGriddles, please" sound sexy to you, you're not alone -- the Irish accent has been voted the sexiest in the world, knocking France from the high horse it's been riding on for ... Read more
