Weird, wild and wonderful stories from 2009: - Anti-corruption officials in the Nepalese capital Kathmandu found a way to literally stop airport workers from pocketing bribes. They issued them with pocketless trousers. - A Norwegian man landed himself in hot water when police caught him having sex with his girlfriend as he raced at over 130 kilometres (80 miles) an hour through ...

The first orthopedic surgeon in space is flying aboard shuttle Atlantis, along with two former college football players, one of them an NFL pick, and the grandson of Amelia Earhart's personal photographer. A brief look at the six shuttle astronauts: ___ Commander Charles Hobaugh could care less what he eats on Thanksgiving as long as he's in space ...

Michael Jackson delivered a posthumous thriller at the North American box office this weekend as the movie of his aborted comeback "This Is It" took top spot, final figures showed Monday. The acclaimed film -- put together from footage of Jackson rehearsing for a series of London concerts due to start just a few weeks after his death -- scooped 23.2 ...

"This Is It," a backstage look at the late Michael Jackson's rehearsals for his last concerts, rocked to the top of the North American box office at the weekend, early estimates showed Sunday. The Jackson film, cashing in on the outpouring of affection for the US pop icon after his death earlier this year, earned 21.3 million dollars ...