| UFO? Texans Are Abuzz Over Reported Sightings STEPHENVILLE, Texas -- In this farming communit  N.Y. Police Say Duo Took Dead Man to Cash Check By Marcus Franklin NEW YORK - Two men wheeled a dead man through the streets in an office chair to a check-cashing store and tried to cash his Social Security check before being arrested on fraud charges, police said. David J. Rural Calif. Town to Finally Get Telephones IOWA HILL, Calif. -- Cathy Morgan gets by just fine heating her mountainside home with a wood fireplace. And she has no gripes about slogging 10 yards through mud or snow to use her outhouse. Driverless Cars Possible in 10 Years, GM Says -- 'This is Not Science Fiction,' Exec Insists DETROIT -- Cars that drive themselves - even parking at their destination - could be ready for sale within a decade, General Motors Corp. executives say. Man Who Survived 47-Storey Fall From Skyscraper Wakes By David Caruso A window-washer who fell 47 stories from the roof of a Manhattan skyscraper is now awake, talking to his family and expected to walk again. Alcides Moreno, 37, fell almost 152 metres when scaffolding collapsed on 7 December, killing his brother. Court Won't Monkey Around: Chimp Not a Person VIENNA, Austria -- A chimpanzee cannot be declared a person, Austria's Supreme Court has ruled, activists said Tuesday. An animal rights group had sought to have the chimp, Matthew Hiasl Pan, declared a person in hopes of gaining guardianship of the animal. Cause for Pause: Theft of Cats Can Go Unpunished Stealing a dog is a felony in Virginia. Cats, however, get no respect. Snatch one and you're unlikely to be charged. A proposed law under review in the House of Delegates would change that, making the punishment for stealing a dog and a cat identical. `Obama Girl': I'M No Homewrecker! By JESSICA HESLAM MANCHESTER, N.H. - Squashing any speculation that she's after the man who could be the next president, the cyberspace siren known as "Obama Girl" says she wants to tell Sen. Barack Obama's wife she's not looking to be the next first lady. News Wizard |