(Men's Health) A young Republican congressman from Illinois will appear on the cover of Men’s Health magazine to promote healthy living. Aaron Schock, 29, named “American’s fittest congressman” by the magazine, showed off his six-pack abs for the cover of the June issue and spoke of his daily workout routine and efforts to promote health. “You have the power to change your life for the better....

LOS ANGELES (AFP) - A Swiss adventurer has finally made a "historic" jetpack-powered flight above the Grand Canyon, organizers claimed Tuesday, days after he canceled a bid saying he had not trained enough. In this photo provided by Breitling, Swiss adventurer Yves Rossy is seen during his flight over the Grand Canyon in Arizona on Saturday in his custom-built jet suit. (AP-Yonhap News) Yves Ro...

WASHINGTON (AFP) - A Canadian tourist reported missing since mid-March has been found alive in a remote wilderness area of the western United States and is recovering, police told AFP on Saturday. Couple Albert Chretien and wife Rita are shown in this undated Royal Canadian Mounted Police handout photo. The coupe went missing en route to Las Vegas more than a month ago. Rita Chretien was found a...

(AP-Yonhap News) MANILA, Philippines (AP) — An $80,000 motorcycle stolen in Texas last year from Hollywood screenwriter Skip Woods has been recovered in the southern Philippines, officials said Thursday. The custom-made chopper was found Tuesday by police in Cagayan de Oro city, said Jose Justo Yap, regional director for the National Bureau of Investigation. Woods, a collector of custom-made v...

Jose Castelar Cairo has achieved a Guinness World Record for hand-rolling the world's largest cigar, which measured 13.7 meter (45 feet). He's shown here rolling the cigar Nov. 1 in a room of the Melia Cohiba Hotel, in Havana, Cuba. (AP) A Cuban cigar roller, Castelar Cairo, 67, set the new world record for making longest cigar. Also known as “Cuetro,” he took eight hours to roll the 81.8-meter...

A three-meter-long alligator attacked a police car in Alachua County, Florida. Posted on YouTube, the video shows an aggressive gator clamping his teeth around the bumper and slowly pushing it backward. According to the Daily Mail, the alligator appeared in a residential area from Paynes Prairie and neighbor who found the beast called the police. The policeman who arrived remained inside the p...

This CCTV footage shows what might be one of the world’s cheekiest thieves attempting a getaway from a store in Lake Wales, Florida. The store’s security camera captured the suspect running away from the store clutching a case of beer. The video shows the suspect being let down by his baggy as he makes for the getaway car in front of the store. His fall relieves him not only of the beer but als...

(MCT) PALMETTO, Florida (AP) — A Tampa-area woman found an unwelcome weekend guest in her bathroom — a 7-foot (2-meter) alligator. Alexis Dunbar told WFLA-TV that she screamed and the alligator hissed when she found it inside the bathroom of her home Saturday afternoon. Her boyfriend propped a small table by the bathroom to keep the gator inside until an officer from the Florida Fish and Wildli...

Octopus Iker (YouTube) BENALMADENA, Spain (AFP) - An octopus named Iker, which correctly predicted the result of the last two "classicos" between Real Madrid and Barcelona, has foreseen Real will reach the final of the Champions League. Iker predicted Real would reach the final at London's Wembley arena on May 28 by choosing to eat a sardine from a glass cylinder decorated with the club's badg...

(MCT) The cat in charge of catching mice at the British prime minister’s office finally caught its first prey, according to British reports. When Larry took office as chief mouser two months ago, he consistently failed to catch any mice, preferring spending time hanging around corridors. Staff finally trained Larry with imitations of mice, which eventually helped him catch his first prey today...

(Asia News Network) Amateur Yan Donglong, afire in a petrol blaze, sprints through the SenBhola Forest Theme Park, Fogang county, South China's Guangdong province on April 25. Yan, 32, also known as "Fire King," is challenging the Guinness World Record for "Running the longest distance while on fire" and "Man plays the most items with fire." The previous record holder is a British amateur Keit...