LANDOVER, Md. -- Plaxico Burress plans to turn himself in to police this morning in New York City and plead not guilty to criminal possession of a weapon, his lawyer said. Benjamin Brafman wrote in an e-mail to The Associated Press on Sunday that he ...

1 Dec 2008

A young mom found an Israeli Gold scorpion in a pile of bananas she picked up from ASDA, a UK supermarket chain owned by Walmart. When she brought it back to the store, workers reportedly "giggled" and joked about how "cool" it would be to find a ...

1 Dec 2008

VERNON HILLS, Ill. -- Greenville bowler Ken Simard lost Sunday in the championship game of the Professional Bowers Association Tour's CLR Carmen Salvino Scorpion Championship. Simard won his first game in a stepladder final, defeating Brad Angelo ...

1 Dec 2008

Onkgopotse JJ Tabane and Sipho Ngwema have been appointed to key positions in the Congress of the People (COPE) as the party names its dream communication team. Tabane, until this week corporate affairs director at Altron, has been named as COPE's ...

1 Dec 2008

A SUPERMARKET has launched an investigation into claims that a scorpion found its way into a woman's home after hitching a ride on a bunch of bananas. Horrified Louise Miller says she found the tiny creature – which packs a venomous sting – on a ...

28 Nov 2008

Laura Miller, 20, found the dangerous critter – which had crawled out of her fruit bowl – inside a pair of jeans. The shocked mother-of-one went back to Asda in Wisbech, Cambs, where she had bought the bananas from. But Laura, who has a six-month ...

27 Nov 2008