A thrill-seeking hospital nurse who gave patients deadly injections so he could enjoy the excitement of reviving them was yesterday found guilty of murder. Benjamin Geen (25) gave a total of 17 vic...

For six months, Rufus the wild turkey beguiled area residents and served as unofficial greeter, pet and tourist attraction at the Jacques Spur Junction Cafe. But someone decided to turn him into dinne...

Catching sight of a pretty woman really is enough to throw a man's decision-making skills into disarray, a study suggests. The more testosterone he has, the vaguer he will be, according to work by...

George Blevins bowled his first frame when he was 7 years old _ and he says he hasn't stopped bowling in the 93 years since. The 100-year-old Richmond resident has a 151 average and plays about thr...

A DNA molecule that stiffens and folds when it encounters cocaine is the engine that drives a new handheld, fast-acting drug detector. Reliable tests for cocaine take several hours at a laboratory....

Talk about getting lost in the mail. A postcard sent from a Stetson home to a man in Riverside, California, was returned this week with a "return to sender" stamp -- and its 1956 postmark. Fifty-ni...

celand is most web-savvy country, with a study showing it has the highest concentration of broadband users. The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development found that broadband was also...

Zoologists have found a remarkable fish that can wriggle from Africa's tropical swamps to snaffle a snack on land. The eel catfish, Channallabes apus, catches unsuspecting victims by arching upward...

Authorities recovered a motorcycle that was stolen in 1971 and plan to return it to its original owner this week. The 1970 Yamaha was about to be shipped overseas to a Finnish man who bought it for...

An 82-year-old woman received a $114 ticket for taking too long to cross a street. Mayvis Coyle said she began shuffling with her cane across Foothill Boulevard in the San Fernando Valley when the lig...