A U.S. father’s prank on his child went wrong when the washing machine he’d placed his son in suddenly started to whir into action. CCTV footage at a launderette shows the man lifting the boy into the machine after seeing a sign reading “Junior wash $2.95.”The prank almost turned to disaster when the door locked automatically and the machine started to spin.The video shows the mother slamming her hands down on a table in desperation as the man fails to rescue his son. The toddler was eventually

A New Jersey woman pleaded guilty to sexually abusing a 5-year-old girl she was babysitting and streaming a video of the incident on the Internet.Jennifer Mahoney, 33, of Manapalan Township admitted in federal court in Trenton Wednesday she had sexually abused the girl on multiple occasions, once using the streaming service Skype to broadcast a live video of the assault on the Internet, The (Newar

A mugger who attacked a woman in Japan fled empty-handed -- and with one finger missing -- after the intended victim chomped off his pinkie.The 59-year-old woman fought back after a man snatched her bag as she arrived at her apartment in the northern city of Sapporo, police said Tuesday.The woman gave chase as her attacker made his getaway on a bike, wrenching the stolen tote from his grasp and bi

The photos taken by a tourist from Scotland show his wife on the ground, hair flying, blood on her neck, with two cheetahs nearby.The Port Elizabeth Herald reported Friday that Violet D'Mello of Aberdeen, Scotland, was attacked by cheetahs on April 28 while in a petting pen with the animals at a game reserve near Port Elizabeth in southeastern South Africa.It says she was attacked while trying to

Two young Britons who stole a penguin from an Australian theme park paid a large fine Wednesday after pleading guilty.Rhys Owen Jones, 21, and Keri Mules, 20, were fined $1,000 Australian ($1,034 U.S.) each for trespassing, theft and keeping a protected animal, The Courier-Mail of Brisbane reported.Dirk, a Fairy penguin, was stolen from Sea World, a popular theme park on the Queensland coast, Apri

A Pittsburgh-area girl born without hands has won a penmanship award -- and $1,000 -- from a company that publishes language arts and reading textbooks.Zaner-Bloser Inc. recognized 7-year-old Annie Clark at Wilson Christian Academy in West Mifflin on Wednesday with its first-ever Nicholas Maxim Award.Nicholas was a Maine fifth-grader born without hands or lower arms who entered the company's penma

BRASILIA, Brazil (AP) -- Brazil's supreme court has voted to authorize abortions in cases of fetuses with no brains.Abortion is illegal in Brazil except when a pregnancy threatens the life of the mother and in cases of rape. The Supreme Federal Tribunal's 8-2 vote Thursday now decriminalizes abortions involving anencephalic fetuses. Such fetuses develop without brains and cannot survive outside th

A judge ordered a Swedish mother to pay a fine after she was convicted of encouraging her 3-year-old son to drink beer and giving him cigarettes.The district court in Malmo convicted the woman Monday of harassment, narcotic crimes and unlawful procurement of alcohol, and ordered her to pay a $756 fine, The Local reported. The fine was reduced because she spent 20 days in jail after the incident wa

CEBU, Philippines (AFP) - A Philippine teenager is suing her exclusive Catholic girls school after it punished the student for posting a Facebook picture of herself reportedly in a bikini, a court said Wednesday.Saint Theresa's College in the central city of Cebu said the 16-year-old had broken a ru

Passengers and crew on a flight from New York to Las Vegas were forced to overpower the pilot Tuesday after he reportedly went berserk in mid-flight.Jet Blue confirmed the unusual incident in a statement to The Globe News in Amarillo, Texas, where the airplane was landed by an off-duty captain who h

THESSALONIKI, Greece,(AFP) - A disgruntled ex-employee gave himself up to Greek police after shooting and wounding his ex-boss and a worker and taking two others hostage Thursday, a police source said.The injured men -- the company owner and another employee -- were taken to hospital. A company spok