A woman who was trafficked across the border from Pakistan with her son, 3, was handed to an Afghan who raped her, then beat the toddler to death as she watched.

He was jailed for 20 years for murder - but the woman, Rukhma, was jailed, too. picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago

A white-haired 81-year-old great-grandmother who was rolled into a Newport Beach courtroom with her wrists handcuffed to a wheelchair Thursday became possibly the oldest person in Orange County history to plead guilty to first-degree murder. picked by tlovesd 3 years ago

An elderly woman misunderstood instructions while checking in at Sweden's main airport and was whisked down a baggage chute after she placed herself instead of her luggage on the belt. picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago

A Mississippi woman who was shot in the head not only survived but made herself tea and offered an astonished deputy something to drink picked by suebe 8 months ago

A woman who suffers from a rare condition that makes her cry when she eats food has been cured – by Botox injections. picked by AutumnLotus 10 months ago

A woman kicked out of a women's toilet after a New York City restaurant mistook her for a man has settled her discrimination lawsuit for $US35,000 ($37,116). picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago

Social workers in Paris were astonished to find more than 68,400 euros (94,250 dollars) on a homeless woman when they moved her off the street last week. picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago

An elderly woman has had her leg amputated after being pecked by a pet magpie. picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago

A Luzerne County woman is facing an assault charge after allegedly impaling her boyfriend with a meat thermometer Sunday afternoon.

*I think he's done* picked by Bornbad 11 months ago

A WOMAN who chewed off part of a man's ear after he called her fat was given two years' probation yesterday. picked by mutil8or 2 years ago

A woman who suffered three heart attacks and had no brain waves for 17 1/2 hours was revived and is now very much alive, despite rigor mortis having started to set in.

Rigor Mortis:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rigor_mortis picked by lunasol 2 years ago

Police in Austria were shocked to be asked to investigate after a 69-year-old woman was mugged - by an eagle. picked by Bornbad 7 months ago

Laval police say they handcuffed a woman for not holding an escalator handrail because she refused to heed their warnings. The incident -- and the resulting fine -- has sparked criticism of the officers for being too aggressive. picked by AutumnLotus 7 months ago

A York woman is suing a grocer alleging she was injured after biting into a pork roast that she said contained part of a hypodermic needle. picked by Bornbad 10 months ago

A woman is asking that abuse charges be filed against an acquaintance who was pet-sitting for her potbellied pig and allowed the animal to get fat. picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago

An Indiana woman with advanced throat cancer says she had to divorce her husband to afford a life-saving surgery. picked by AutumnLotus 12 months ago

A student in Norway who posed as a 13-year-old boy turned out to be a 33-year-old woman on the run from police investigating a child abuse case in the Czech Republic. Barbora Skrlova duped Norwegian police, classmates, child care workers and teachers for four months into believing she was a teenage boy named "Adam". picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago

Police say a woman stole two 14-karat gold bracelets _ by swallowing them. An employee at Hy & Mike's Pawn and Bail Bonds told police he saw the woman put the bracelets in her mouth May 27. Court documents say Salt Lake City investigators confirmed it by watching the surveillance video. picked by goober 1 year ago

The township woman charged with 186 counts of animal cruelty showed up at an adoption session Saturday apparently trying to reclaim some of the cats authorities rescued from her mansion in March and April picked by bornbad 6 months ago

About 50 cats, 20 ducks and 15 turkeys were taken from a New Smyrna Beach home, and a woman was arrested after her 84-year-old mother told authorities that she kept warm by covering herself with the animals, according to Volusia County sheriff's deputies. picked by dollyllama 1 year ago