The Chinese crested-Chihuahua Yoda claimed the honor as the World’s Ugliest Dog held at the Sonoma-Marin Fair in California. Owner Terry Schumacher hugged and kissed her dog as they won the $1,000 top prize. During this year’s competition, Yoda defeated defending champion, Princess Abby, one-eyed Chihuahua, and a blind 15-year-old pug Hercules. Schumacher said that she initially mistaken the do...

Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair is being criticized for charging £10 ($16) per student joining his son’s end-of-term party at his mansion, the Daily Mail reported. For safety and the privacy of their son, Blair banned parents from driving into their estate, the report said. As an alternative, they reserved coaches to escort the party goers from the school to Buckinghamshire, where the ...

A young break dancer became a hit on YouTube when a video of his performance was put on the Web. Only 9 years old, the dancer boasted splendid steps while splashing around in water, but there was one more unique thing about the star -- he is a rare Western lowland gorilla at Calgary Zoo. Bred in Bronx Zoo in New York City, Zola was relocated to Calgary Zoo in Canada two years ago. The zookeeper...

SINDANGAN, Philippines (AP) _ A poor Filipino blacksmith's son who stands less than 2 feet (60 centimeters) tall was declared the world's shortest man by Guinness World Records on his 18th birthday Sunday, sparking a celebration in his hometown. The title was bestowed on Junrey Balawing in Sindangan on the Philippines southern coast, with Balawing's parents, villagers and officials showering the...

Prisoners in Venezuelan penitentiaries can do everything they desire, except for leaving there, New York Times reported. The report revealed lives of prisoners in the San Antonio prison on Margarita Island of the South American country, depicting the prison as "paradise." "The prison for more than 2,000 Venezuelans and foreigners held largely for drug trafficking more like a Hugh Hefner-inspire...

LOS ANGELES (AP) -- California medical officials revoked the license of the fertility doctor who helped ``Octomom'' Nadya Suleman become the mother of 14 children through repeated in vitro treatments, according to a decision made public Wednesday. The Medical Board of California said it was necessary to revoke Dr. Michael Kamrava's license to protect the public. The revocation takes effect July ...

A bridge over Yitong River in Changchun city, the capital of Jilin province in Northeast China, lays in ruins after collapsing at 3:30 am on May 29, 2011. A truck plunged through the hole and two people inside the vehicle were injured. The local government has set up a team to investigate the accident. (China Daily) 지난 일요일 중국 진린성 창춘의 다리가 무너져 화물 트럭하나가 무너진 구멍 아래로 추락했다고 차이나 데일리가 보도했다. 지역 정부는 이 사...

OAKLAND, California (AP) _ California preacher Harold Camping said Monday his prophecy that the world would end was off by five months because Judgment Day actually will come on Oct. 21. Camping, who predicted that 200 million Christians would be taken to heaven Saturday before the Earth was destroyed, said he felt so terrible when his doomsday prediction did not come true that he left home and ...

LONDON, May 23, 2011 (AFP) - The flamboyant hat worn by Princess Beatrice at last month's British royal wedding was Sunday sold for the princely sum of $131,652 (93,171 euros) on internet auction site eBay. Proceeds from the sale of the hat, designed by Irish milliner Philip Treacy, will be split between two charities: the United Nations Children's Fund, UNICEF, and British charity Children in C...

Authorities at Thailand's international airport arrested a first-class passenger Friday whose suitcases were filled with baby leopards, panthers, a bear and monkeys. The animals had been drugged and were headed for Dubai. The man, a 36-year-old United Arab Emirates citizen, was waiting to check-in for his flight at Bangkok's Suvarnabhumi International Airport when he was apprehended by undercove...