Using ancient clues culled from religious records, an Israeli geologist claims the Middle East is long overdue for a devastating earthquake. Such a quake could destroy holy sites and even impact on world peace.

An 80-year-old woman who had a stroke and collapsed after leaving a bingo hall in Burnaby, B.C. has been robbed. The money disappeared from the time she left the bingo hall to the time she arrived at the hospital.

The 10 year old told his mom over the weekend that his mouth hurt. When questioned, he admitted that he had been in trouble and the classroom aide had duct taped his mouth shut for 5 minutes. Mom is outraged, and an investigation is under way.

Kraft Canada is recalling baker's white chocolate baking squares due to possible salmonella contamination. No illness have yet been reported and the product is being withdrawn from the marketplace.

Scotland Detectives recovered Leonardo da Vinci’s painting “Madonna with the Yarnwinder” that was stolen from a Scottish castle four years ago. Four men were arrested for stealing this painting worth $65 million dollars.

Ever here of the Avon lady? Wait till you meet the Avon men who are stepping out to sell beauty products for men and women. Lingerie, boxers and oh maybe a power tool or two in an industry that is seeing more males buying beauty products.

The Chechen wars were murderous, but Grozny, the destroyed town so familiar for so long, has been practically rebuilt. By any standards, it was a vicious war, but the maimed republic is being reconstructed with incredible speed.

After the plastic water bottle, plastic bags are the biggest waste generated in the US and worldwide. More than 380 billion plastic bags are used every year, and only 5.2% of plastic bags are recycled. The others remain in landfills for 1,000 years.

If you're menstruating, you can carry a purse. If you're not, you can't. Are you? Students at a New York High School protest new No-Backpack Policy after 14 year old girl was questioned about her menstrual cycle.

Next June 1 getting a paper ticket for your next flight will be almost impossible. E-tickets have become so popular and cheap for the airlines that the paper ticket has become too costly to produce. A paper ticket costs an airline $10 to $17.

A birthday celebration in the lunchroom of an East Palmdale high school turned into mayhem when one of the celebrants accidentally dropped a piece of birthday cake. The slipup earned the girl a broken wrist.

A 33-year-old assembly worker in Wuerzburg, German has been arrested for stealing more than a million screws from his employer. The unidentified man managed to take home about 7,000 screws a day without being noticed.

A newlywed couple in Argentina is another example that age does not matter when it comes to love. After several years of being engaged, 82-year-old Adelfa Volpes has married her Prince Charming, 24-year-old Reinaldo Waveqche.

A Chinese man sent his mother a check for 2,000 Yuan ($266.67) so that she can make herself beautiful before he introduces his city girlfriend to her. It sparks quite a bit of controversy in his village.

Her sex life was breaching the peace and disrupting the sleep of her neighbors. So just a few short months after moving into her Nuremberg apartment, a woman was evicted on the basis of being a noisy tenant.

Hollywood star and Scientologist Tom Cruise is planning to build a bunker at his Colorado home to protect his family in the event of an intergalactic alien attack, according to new reports.

After the recent banning of "sexually provocative sounds" on Chinese television, the Chinese are now banning TV networks from advertising provocative push-up bras and tight, sensual underwear.

Although scientists suggest that taxing unhealthy food could help reduce the number of strokes and heart attacks, a public opinion poll finds that Canadians are divided on this issue.

The historic market town of Daventry, England, is testing out driverless vehicles equipped with laser-scanner "eyes." The "brains" and controller of these vehicles are onboard "black box" computers linked to the laser eyes.

It doesn’t matter whether the person is dead or not, they should still pay the fine for overdue books at Westchester County Library in New York State. Elizabeth Schaper had to pay a fine for a book checked out by her dead mother.