A self-proclaimed superhero wore a charcoal-coloured mask as he entered a Seattle courtroom where prosecutors said they hadn't yet decide whether to file charges against him in an alleged pepper spray attack.
Authorities in Massachusetts say a family that got lost in a seven-acre corn maze called 911 for help, apparently taking advantage of the police department's motto that says "We Want To Be Bothered."
An Arkansas man who wanted to capture aerial photos of his home during his first plane ride instead helped catch two men burglarizing it.
Somewhere in California, someone has a truck load of stolen merchandise that probably is starting to stink.
A runaway cow named Yvonne is on the loose in Germany and the manhunt - or moohunt - for the Bavarian bovine has captivated the country.
A famed Austrian museum has fired an employee for washing his hands and face with his urine.
A Swedish man arrested on charges of unauthorized possession of nuclear material after trying to split atoms in his kitchen says he was only doing it as a hobby.
A Southern California man stuck a butter knife into his stomach in a failed bid at self-surgery to remove a painful hernia, US police say.
A two-headed snake has gone on display at a zoo in southern Ukraine.
A Texas mum expected a big baby, but nothing like this: 16 pounds, 1 ounce (7.3kg).
A popular New York City deli says a potential legal challenge to its Instant Heart Attack sandwich isn't kosher.
A West Virginia man found wearing women's underwear and standing over a goat's carcass told police he was high on bath salts.
Authorities have charged a US woman with felony animal cruelty, saying she hanged her nephew's pit bull from a tree with an electrical cord and burned its body because the dog chewed on her Bible.
The crocodile in "Peter Pan" happily went "tick-tock" after swallowing an alarm clock but a crocodile in Ukraine has been a little less fortunate.
Paul the celebrated octopus has finally got his tentacles wrapped around a football.
An owl attack has left a 4-pound Chihuahua with a healthy fear of the dark.
Iowa City police say a 25-year-old man called 911 to report a drunken driver: himself.
A postal carrier says he simply wanted to cheer up a woman on his rounds who seemed "stressed out" when he decided to deliver mail in the buff.
It was hard to explain, that dead mouse baked into a loaf of bread.
Police say a Montana woman fended off a bear attack with an unlikely weapon - a courgette.
