Kittens firing a cannon, a rabbit sniffing for drugs, an attempt at humor on the fraught presidential campaign trail and a failed prank by Google competed for attention in the United States on Friday. As ever, the trick for April Fools' Day hoaxes was to .....»»

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Kittens firing a cannon, a rabbit sniffing for drugs, attempts at humor on the fraught presidential campaign trail and a failed prank by Google competed for attention in the United States on Friday......»»

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Bogus ad campaigns, a failed prank by Google, a drug-sniffing police rabbit and an attempt at humor on the fraught presidential campaign trail competed for attention in the United States on Friday, traditionally a day of hoaxes and sp.....»»

Egg enthusiasts, you might want to consider a trip to the South West of France next Easter.  Using more than 15,000 eggs, dozens of chefs (who call themselves the brotherhood of the Bessières' giant Easter omelette) concocted a gigantic o.....»»

CAL-NEV-ARI, Nev. (AP) -- Buying your own town is as easy as buying 500 acres of vacant land located just 70 miles south of Las Vegas from the founder of a place called Cal-Nev-Ari.........»»

QUARRYVILLE, Pa. (AP) -- Investigators in Pennsylvania are trying to find out who left more than 40 dead ducks along a rural road last week.........»»

A British sheep farmer believes one of his lambs is so big he could be a Guinness World Record. Tyson the lamb was born Sunday in the village of Brancepeth, Caters News Agency reports. At five days old, Tyson weighed nearly 28 pounds — more than an.....»»

John Macdonald was driving at night through rural Scotland when suddenly, he says, an amazing circular bright object appeared in the sky. Macdonald, 65, estimated the object -- displaying several rows of brilliant lights -- was less than 100 yards from h.....»»

French authorities have opened an investigation after a baby was found hidden in a bag belonging to a passenger on board an Air France plane. French authorities have opened an investigation after a baby was found hidden in a bag belonging to a passenge.....»»

Peter Rabbit Coin May Be The Cutest Ever Minted.....»»

A rural town in Australia has found itself chin-deep in hairy panic -- and that’s not metaphorical. Hairy panic is a variety of fast-growing tumbleweed characterized by long hairs on its leaves. This week, colossal quantities of the grass overtook p.....»»

CIA cover up: Spooks secrecy over UFO sightings to prevent "mass hysteria" exposed.....»»

AL-ARID, Egypt (AP) -- A donkey has leapt to fame in a small Egyptian village by defying her species' well-known stubbornness and jumping hurdles on command.........»»

(Reuters) - A wild elephant went on a rampage in a village in India's eastern West Bengal state on Wednesday, damaging around 100 structures, villagers said......»»

While everyone knows the old trope about cats getting stuck in trees, it’s not as often that you ear about a rabbit stuck on a roof. But firefighters in Northern Ireland dealt with just such a case on Friday, when winds from Storm Gertrude threw Bum.....»»

The Village of Whitesboro, N.Y. has succumbed to public pressure and announced that, despite a recent vote of support, it will do away with a town seal many view as racist and offensive. The logo, which has drawn national ridicule in recent.....»»

WHITESBORO, N.Y. (AP) -- The upstate New York village of Whitesboro has confirmed that it will change its official logo a day after the image, which appears to show a white man throttling an Indian, was ridiculed on Comedy Central's "The .....»»

Upstate New Yorkers will hit the polls Monday to vote on whether to change an off-putting village seal that depicts a white settler strangling a Native American. Whitesboro officials kicked off the New Year by sending out postcards to the village's 3,000 .....»»

In a small Ugandan village called Wakaliga, movie magic is happening. Action movie studio Ramon Film Productions is making the Ugandan version of "The Expendables," all in the spirit of what locals are calling "Wakaliwood." And if the trailer below is any.....»»

Chairman Mao Zedong still rules in this Central province in China. A rural town is now home to a massive gold-colored statue of the former communist ruler, whose policies resulted in the deaths of millions of people in the region.  Henan province, wh.....»»