It appears that what was thought to be a credible lead in the 38-year search for the remains of teamster boss Jimmy Hoffa has been ended with no success. The FBI said Wednesday the field yielded nothing and they're taking their excavator and going home.

In Indiana, a six-month old pit bull, attracted to his diabetic owner's open wound, chewed off two of the man's toes and part of his foot as he slept. The man awoke to find his foot a bloody mess and discovered the results of his puppy's nighttime meal.

A man brought to police headquarters on an assault charge, was found with drugs between his toes. Martin Perez claimed he had no weapons or drugs on him and when the drug, it was cocaine, was found, Mr. Perez said it was "not mine."

The Conservative government in Canada is taking aim at the amount of sick days being taken by public service employees. The average is 18.2 per year for public servants in the country, well above the 6.7 in the private sector.

An annual run in Rwanda to benefit young girls and women is expanding to a global affair this year. The run is part of The Komera Project, a movement that awards scholarships to young women in that country.

We can't show you a picture of Laura Fernee because we do not have one and nor do we have permission to use existing photos of her. So we will link you to one. But let us begin by saying she is a good looking, dark-and-wavy-haired woman.

A Zimbabwe man being mourned by family and friends at his funeral as dead was in fact not dead. Fortunately for him, if fortune can be said to be involved in having a funeral while alive, his legs began to twitch.

The U.S. Social Security Admin. has released the top baby name numbers for 2012 and for the 14th straight year Jacob is the most used baby boy name in the country. For girls there was also a repeat winner, but it's just the 2nd year in a row for Sophia.

As of this writing there remain 166 prisoners, referred to as 'detainees,' at Guantanamo Bay and it's not hard to do the math when it comes to costs. Running the facility sets back U.S. taxpayers, according to the Pentagon, $150 million annually.

Vancouver - It's arguable journalism is in decline, though it's also arguable it never really had a heyday. It's hard to deliver good journalism, given the owners of the news are subject to greed and those same owners, and their reporters, etc. are subject to bias.

It’s sea turtle nesting time in the tropics. And thanks to the efforts of a local nature group on Trinidad, leatherbacks have one more spot to nest safely.

It may be a case of much 'ado about not much of anything at all, but singer Rihanna's 10 tour buses were stopped and searched. American border security at the Michigan/Canada border smelled marijuana in one bus and brought in the search dogs.

A security guard in Trinidad and Tobago has been hospitalized after accidentally shooting his own penis off with a .38 caliber handgun.

Port-of-spain - A 24-year-old Trinidadian man was in such a rage after finding out there was no food in the house, he turned against his five-day-old baby, Jinayah, chewing off her cheek and part of her leg.

Popular singer and actress Mariah Carey and upcoming model/rapper Nicki Minaj have figured in a heated argument during the "American Idol" auditions on Tuesday

A lesbian couple, discriminated by the council in County Östergötland, Sweden, has reported them to the Swedish Equality Ombudsman (Diskrimineringsombudsmannen, DO), for charging them 3,000 kronor ($457) for two inseminations.

The English FA have joined forces with the Scottish Football Association (SFA) in demanding that Wednesday's presidential election, in which current president Sepp Blatter is standing unopposed, be postponed.

FIFA executive members Mohamed Bin Hammam and Jack Warner have both been suspended after soccer's ruling body's ethics committee met on Sunday.

Mirpur - The West Indies are out of the ICC Cricket World Cup after suffering a one-sided demolition by Pakistan. Managing just 112 runs, the West Indies had a mountain to climb if they were to prevent Pakistan from reaching their easy target.

Chennai - Put rather bluntly, this is a must win game for England. Failure to beat Ireland and Bangladesh in their Group B table has left Andrew Strauss' team a mountain to climb if they are to qualify for for the quarter-finals.