A British man who went on a wild spending spree after doctors said he only had a short time to live wants compensation because the diagnosis was wrong and he is now healthy — but broke.
John Brandrick, 62, was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer two years ago and told that he would probably die within a [...]

A wallet misplaced during a romantic embrace has been returned to its forgetful owner after 55 years.
Two classic car collectors from the US state of Idaho found the wallet after it fell out of the back of a vintage car they were planning to restore.
After an internet search they found and contacted the owner, Glenn [...]

A FOUR-year-old boy who has already bagged ten of Scotland’s highest mountains is on a mission to scale 284 Scottish summits before he turns 16.
Darwin Bradley, who one day hopes to throw snowballs from the top of Mount Everest, has already become an experienced mountaineer after climbing ten of the mountains, known as the Munro [...]

Two Russian-born sisters are due to become assistant professors of finance in New York state later this year, even though they are only 19 and 21, university officials said on Wednesday.
Angela Kniazeva and her younger sister Diana were due to take up their new positions in September at the University of Rochester, [...]

On May 11, 1973, charges against Daniel Ellsberg for his role in the Pentagon Papers case were dismissed by Judge William M. Byrne, who cited government misconduct. (Go to article.)
1647 Peter Stuyvesant arrived in New Amsterdam to become governor.
1858 Minnesota became the 32nd state.
1888 Songwriter Irving Berlin was born Israel Baline in Temun, Russia.
1894 Workers [...]