Former "Long Island Lolita" Amy Fisher is joining her husband in trying to market a sex tape, saying, "I always wanted to be No. 1 at something, but I didn't think it would be something like this." She admits explaining what she does and why she is famous will be hard to do when her 6-year-old son and 3-year-old daughter get older. picked by bevissimo 2 years ago

For decades the Tao aborigines of Taiwan's Orchid Island have used colorful canoe-like boats to net flying fish in the warm waters of the Pacific. But now more and more Tao men are migrating to Taiwan's cities to look for work, leaving fewer to learn how to build the 23-foot boats. The tribe is also under siege from Taiwan's majority Chinese culture. picked by 2manyusernames 1 year ago

On Thursday night, 48 Sperm Whales became stranded on a beach off Perkins Island, Tasmania.

Last night the last of them died. picked by pocksucket 10 months ago

Schaller Mfg. Corp. (Schaller & Weber), a Long Island City, N.Y., firm, is recalling approximately 564 pounds of duck leg confit and kolbase sausage products that may be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes, the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) announced Wednesday. picked by AutumnLotus 6 months ago

Nothing says Halloween like the fake skeleton of an NFL quarterback murdered by his mistress, at least according to King's Island Amusement Park. The couple are just two of the familiar faces included in the Haunt: A skeleton depicting Heath Ledger is shown surrounded by bottles of pills and a skeleton dressed like Michael Jackson in pajamas. picked by theshirtpocket 2 months ago

It all started with Mischief and Shiloh.

Today, some 10 years later, a home in Long Island, NY is overrun with an estimated 180 cats, and animal rescuers Wednesday began the daunting task of spaying, neutering, inoculating and finding homes for them. picked by suebe 11 months ago

A Staten Island teen has been charged with firing the bullet that struck a 4-year-old girl in the leg as she jumped rope with friends at an end-of-summer party, authorities said Tuesday. picked by DrNothing 2 years ago

A 34-year-old Wal-Mart worker died Friday morning after "a throng of shoppers . . . physically broke down the doors" and knocked him to the ground as the crowd pushed its way into the Long Island, NY store. A pregnant woman was knocked down and sent to the hospital. Another local article with additional details.

Updated with video picked by suebe 1 year ago

Highlighting a "vast underestimation" of Madagascar's natural riches, up to 221 new species of amphibians have been found on the island country. The find nearly doubles the number of known amphibians in Madagascar, a new study says picked by bingo 7 months ago

Rhode Island hospice cat senses patients' imminent death and pays them a call.

Dupe the cat: picked by suebe 2 years ago

A once drug-addled elephant fed heroin-laced bananas by illegal traders will return home after emerging clean from a three-year detox program on China's tropical island province of Hainan. picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago

Tomoji Tanabe, the world's oldest man, died in his sleep at his home in southern Japan on Friday, a city official said. He was 113.

"He died peacefully. His family members were with him," said Junko Nakao, a city official in Miyakonojo on Japan's southern island of Kyushu. Tanabe died of heart failure, she said. picked by bingo 6 months ago

Hans Mos, the chief public prosecutor in the Dutch Caribbean island territory, said there was not enough evidence to take the case to trial. picked by mandolinorange 2 years ago

Long Island man was arrested yesterday for allegedly shoplifting a live shark. Police say the heist took place last month, when the man—a sex offender on probation—grabbed a $350 nurse shark from a tank, put it into his jacket, and drove it to a new home in his apartment's aquarium. picked by suebe 11 months ago

Artists Simon and Sheba Cassini lodged an application for the name change when they moved into the ex-boat builder's shed on Eel Pie Island, Twickenham, south west London last August. picked by kakana 8 months ago

The conditions inside Ming Li Sung's Long Island City apartment were so squalid that police thought the stench was surely emanating from a decomposing corpse. But when an FDNY haz-mat team kicked in the door, they were shocked to find the apartment occupied by Sung, 69, who yelled at them to get out. picked by suebe 3 months ago

The Ill Na Na rapper was relegated to 76 days of solitary confinement on Oct. 16 after scuffling with another inmate and exhibiting behavioral issues at Rikers Island, where she's currently serving a year for probation violation.

Addition to: picked by punthe 2 years ago

A Native Hawaiian group that advocates sovereignty locked the gates of a historic palace in downtown Honolulu on Wednesday, saying it would carry out the business of what it considers the legitimate government of the island picked by 2manyusernames 2 years ago

Inspired by his grandmother, Shawn Goldsmith of Long Island, NY has earned all 121 Merit Badges in the American Boy Scout Program. He saved the best for last - the bugling badge. picked by equinox 11 months ago

Envisat captures the break up of the massive A53A iceberg located just east of the South Georgia Island in the southern Atlantic Ocean. picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago