A runaway horse pulled a carriage with two out-of-town tourists on a wild ride through downtown streets, until a teenager rode to the rescue in a pursuing taxi, leaped out and grabbed the horse's reins. picked by suebe 1 year ago

Boston's Brigham & Women's Hospital is the first U.S. hospital approved to start performing face transplants. picked by dollyllama 6 months ago

A top Italian maternity hospital has drawn criticism from right-wing politicians by replacing crucifixes on the walls of its wards with images of the Virgin Mary so as not to offend immigrant women giving birth there. picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago

and joins herd on his own. Bewildered investigators are scratching their heads and plan to follow the trail to see how the horse got free.

Happy ending to dolly's earlier post picked by suebe 5 months ago

The rhythmic click-click of knitting needles at one British hospital has become a little less noticeable because officials said the needles may be too sharp. picked by AutumnLotus 11 months ago

Horse fighting as a big-time "sport" and tourist attraction in China? Definitely barbaric. picked by 2manyusernames 9 months ago

If it had been an equestrian gymnastics event, she would have scored a perfect 10.

After all, it's not every day you see a horse perform a gravity-defying flip of such dizzying proportions.

(Somersault not perfect by human gymnast standards, but still impressive. After all, it is a horse.) picked by AutumnLotus 3 months ago

" I mean someone came by with a tobacco hatchet and said let's kill a horse today. This was planned," Wilborn said. People are animals. picked by misswinkle 1 year ago

As Pope Benedict XVI spends time in New York, a local hospital is getting attention for a water mark on the ceiling some think looks like Jesus. Picture source picked by AutumnLotus 4 months ago

Kristen DeGroat just wanted to sell her horse to another animal lover, but her ad ended up under "Good Things to Eat" in the classified sections of two newspapers. picked by dollyllama 7 months ago

Mark your calendars for January 22, 2008, the National Call-In Day for Horses! The doors on the last remaining U.S.-based horse slaughter plants have been shuttered. Now, Congress must pass the American Horse Slaughter Prevention Act (H.R. 503/S. 311) to end the transport to slaughter of American horses to Mexico and Canada. Even when plants were operating within the U.S., several thousand horse... read full post picked by TraumaMamma 7 months ago

A miniature horse given to a boy with brain cancer by the Make-A-Wish Foundation was killed by a pair of pit bulls who were found roaming in his yard.

Man, this kid has had life pretty rough WITHOUT his dream horse getting killed. It's like life just kicked him while he was down. picked by Proverb 10 months ago

In the 911 call, Mark Newby calmly told dispatch that his wife was bucked off her horse and was lying at the bottom of a canyon. For family and friends of Sue Newby, the story of an accident never added up. picked by muppet 3 months ago

The family said Chaney was discharged from Harper Hospital in Detroit on New Year's Eve and two days later he was found dead several miles away on Longwood Road near Woodward Avenue wearing a hospital gown and bracelet, a T-shirt and shorts. picked by dollyllama 8 months ago

A US teenager has been arrested after he was caught on video having sex with a horse in a barn. picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago

Umm,hello? Aren't the "good guys" only supposed to shoot at the "bad guys"? I mean if our freaking HOSPITAL GUARDS cannot get along, we have some serious issues here! picked by Moe 1 year ago

A couple who kept a horse and seven dogs inside their home was arrested for endangering a 12-year-old child after officers found the floor covered in animal feces and rotting produce. picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago

Drunken man brings his horse into ATM lobby to sleep it off with him. Or maybe, the horse knew his PIN. picked by suebe 1 year ago

A transgender woman slapped a Catholic hospital with a lawsuit after she was denied breast-enlargement surgery. She is suing the hospital for charges of discrimination, because of her sex-change operation. picked by muppet 7 months ago

Regions Hospital in St. Paul, Minn., suffered no lack of labor during a 17-hour period when 16 babies were delivered, a hospital record. picked by maxriter 1 month ago