If the children of Naples had their way, they would ask Batman to save them from rotting rubbish that threatens a major health emergency and may force some schools to close early for the summer holidays.

Meet Monster Pig. An 11-year-old boy used a pistol to kill a wild hog his father says weighed a staggering 1,051 pounds and measured 9 feet 4, from the tip of its snout to the base of its tail. Think hams as big as car tires. (w/pic)

Nearly two-thirds of US Internet users still buy CDs from stores, according to a May 2007 "Fact of the Week" survey by Greenfield Online. Just over four in 10 respondents downloaded music from the Internet.

A 6 1/2-foot alligator believed to be the elusive "Reggie" who lurked in a park lake for two years was captured Thursday in a wrestling match with a reptile expert and rangers.

Customs officers at Cairo’s airport have detained a man bound for Saudi Arabia who was trying to smuggle 700 live snakes on a plane, airport authorities said.

The advantages of color x-rays may not be immediately obvious but the developments in this field led by researchers at Mid Sweden University promise some exciting new possibilities for medical diagnoses much smaller x-rays doses for patients, much higher resolution and the ability to detect tumors at a much earlier stage.

Increasing numbers of business professionals with high levels of e-mail are following a New York venture capitalist’s example and wiping their inboxes clean.

More than 60% of men of Indian descent don’t fit the mold when it comes to condoms.

The woman fighting a £48million divorce battle emerged victorious yesterday and declared: I’m worth it. Beaming outside the British Court of Appeal, Beverley Charman celebrated a ruling that she can keep her record payout.

One final ride. That’s what Dave Follmar and Jack Feather offer the avid biker who has died.

While China may have the world’s fastest growing economy, as a people they still have a very crude desire to view bloody violence as witnessed in this video.

Some photographers have a knack for capturing people at the worst possible moment.  Here is our top 10 list of people with crazy expressions.

Consumers younger than 35 use PayPal and debit cards for online purchases more than those over 35, according to JupiterResearch’s "Payment Preferences Online: Managing the Generation Gap Between Mature and Young Adults" report.

Rising numbers of women are asking the British National Health Service to provide cosmetic surgery on their genitals, doctors said on Friday.

More than 1.9 million couples got divorced in China in 2006, an increase of 128,000 couples or 7 percent on the previous year, a report by the Ministry of Civil Affairs has said.

A KAIST (Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology) team has successfully developed a two wheel scooter called the Hubo-Way. This unique travel device uses modified technology of a Segway.