CNEWS Weird News

Santa's North Pole mail service saved

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 22:41:00 -0500

ANCHORAGE, Alaska - North Pole elves have good reason to celebrate again, thanks to a decision by the U.S. Postal Service to resume a Santa Claus letter program that's thrilled children from around the world for decades.

Reaction positive to no-homework deal

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:45:02 -0500

To assign or not to assign, that is the question.

Students upset about forced fitness class

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:59:28 -0500

A Pennsylvania university's requirement that overweight undergraduates take a fitness course to receive their degrees has raised the hackles of students and the eyebrows of health and legal experts.

Galileo's lost tooth, fingers, found again

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:12:00 -0500

Two fingers and a tooth removed from Galileo Galilei's corpse in a Florentine basilica in the 18th century and given up for lost have been found again, a Florence museum said Friday.

Man arrested for paying teens to spit in his face

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 11:06:56 -0500

A 39-year-old man has been arrested on a misdemeanour charge of child annoyance for allegedly paying a teenager $31 to spit in his face.

Kate Moss slammed for 'skinny' motto

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 15:24:28 -0500

Eating disorder experts criticized Kate Moss on Thursday after the supermodel cited as her motto a phrase used on Web sites that encourage girls to avoid eating.