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Police use Facebook pictures to nab crooks

Police in the German state of Lower-Saxony will soon use their networks of Facebook "friends" to hunt out suspected criminals.

Move over, Cannes. Maine will be playing host to its first-ever international mustache film festival.

The Simpsons are corroding the morals of Iranian youth, an official said.

A troubled Ohio hot dog restaurant chain made famous in the TV series "M*A*S*H" has been sold.

You'll never guess how many chicken wings the new champion, Takeru Kobayashi ate.

A urinating bronze statue, a major Brussels tourist attraction, has had to stop peeing because of sub-zero temperatures.

Border cops in Arizona seized an off-road go-kart and trailer packed with marijuana from Mexican smugglers.

A steady slide in beer consumption in Germany was stopped cold last year thanks to warmer weather.

Hulk Hogan has sensationally revealed he was once asked to consider joining Metallica.

A white hearse used to transport President John F. Kennedy's body sold at auction.

A Wisconsin man, arrested on domestic violence charges told police it was actually a ghost that punched his wife.

Two guns believed seized from gangsters Bonnie and Clyde in 1933 sold for a combined $210,000.

China is rapidly becoming a country on wheels and its crowded driving schools are racing to churn out licensed drivers.

Sweden is tweeting to the world, and this week she is Hanna, "just your average lesbian truck driver."

A shaving company has come to the rescue of a British athlete who put himself up for auction on eBay.