Have you seen one of these at the store?

A court has rejected a 60-year-old man's attempt to invoke the ancient right to trial by combat, rather than pay a fine for a motoring offence.

The Polish government is calling for recognition for the Polish mathematicians who provided indispensable aid to Alan Turing in cracking the German Enigma

satirical observation by Dilbert cartoonist Scott Adams

Alongside jingle bells and drunk relations yelling at each other, Mariah Carey's "All I Want for Christmas" is truly one of the official sounds of the holidays.

You know how the rest of the country likes to make fun of California, but how much would they miss us if we were gone?

Cranberry farms are a part of a large cooperative. Each year, Ocean Spray facilities produce about 88 million cans of cranberry sauce.

A bizarre legal battle over a minute's silence in a recorded song has ended with a six-figure out-of-court settlement.

French jester

French aviator

The Navajo Nation teamed up with Lucasfilm to translate the classic space opera

comic strip by Charles M. Schulz

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"Growing up on the Reservation, the only show in town was movie night in the church basement," director Neil Diamond says in the opening of the documentary Reel Injun. "Raised on cowboys and Indians, we cheered for the cowboys, never realizing we were the…

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Somewhere in London, two people have just watched paint dry for 10 hours.

Irish singer, songwriter, and musician

The Walmart in Kodiak, Alaska received the most Facebook likes, so Walmart and Sheets sent him there. Watch what happens as he is welcomed by over 1,000 Kodiak Residents and 100 Walmart Associates.