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Nathalie Blanchard has been on leave from her job at IBM in Bromont, Quebec, for the last year.

Well, here's a new one. A record label executive was arrested for not Tweeting. We're not talking about not pretending to be a bird, but rather for not posting a message on Twitter. This has to be a first in law enforcement.

Crocked Arsenal striker Robin Van Persie is set to have horse placenta massaged into his damaged ankle by a Serbian housewife in a bid to speed up his recovery from a ligament injury, but he is not the only footballer to turn to an alternative remedy.

A Belgian man thought to have been in a coma for 23 years has told of his "second birth'' after doctors realised he was in fact conscious, a German weekly reported.

Chesley "Sully" Sullenberger, the pilot who saved the passengers of Flight 1549, a US Airways plane, by safely landing the craft in the Hudson River did more than just that. He also gave his sex life a boost.

How would you like to discover that one of the most infamous murderers and cult leaders of all time is your father? Just ask Matthew Roberts, a 41-year-old Los Angelese DJ.

Nearly 40 years after he moved into his house, a Middleton man is counting the cost of excavating his garden and unearthing some buried treasure with a difference</.p>

Two Swedish sisters are seeking compensation from a group of undertakers after their father's coffin was allegedly dropped on its side.

A couple who kept their whole apartment block awake with their non-stop love-making have won a case to halt their eviction.

Generally, an average person spends five years of their life on a toilet.

.Construction is continuing on a new multi-million dollar expansion project at the Sullivan County Jail. However authorities say the renovation is partially to blame for a prison break that happened early Thursday morning.

A Canadian woman on long-term sick leave for depression says she lost her benefits because her insurance agent found photos of her on Facebook in which she appeared to be having fun.

A kangaroo startled by a man walking his dog attacked the pair, pinning the pet underwater and slashing the owner in the abdomen with its hind legs.

A car crash victim diagnosed as being in a coma for the past 23 years has been conscious the whole time.

A North Carolina doctor could lose his medical license after a patient complained he made cutting criticisms, including telling her she was fat.

This undated photo released by Census of Marine Life and the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution shows a transparent sea cucumber, Enypniastes, creeping forward on its many tentacles at about 2 cm per minute while sweeping detritus-rich sediment into its mouth at 2,750 meters in the Northern Gulf of Mexico.

A Seattle, Washington, woman trying to refinance her mortgage got the shock of her life when she learned her credit report listed her as deceased.

An auction house says it is selling a rare first edition of Charles Darwin's "On the Origin of Species" found in a family's guest lavatory in southern England.

A Kansas City man who left his wallet on the counter of a bank he was robbing has pleaded guilty in federal court.

Oprah Winfrey says her powerhouse daytime television show will end its run in 2011 after 25 seasons on the air.