Samantha StainburnMay 18, 2013 14:54

‘Crazy ants’ from Latin America invading US (VIDEO)

An invasive species of ant from Argentina and Brazil is killing off other ant species in the southern United States, University of Texas researchers say.

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A close-up of a tawny crazy ant. (University of Texas/Screengrab)

“Tawny crazy ants” – official name: Nylanderia fulva – were first spotted in a Houston suburb in 2002.

Samantha StainburnMay 18, 2013 13:25

Aimee Copeland, flesh-eating bacteria victim, receives 2 bionic hands (VIDEO)

Already she can sign her name, chop vegetables and flat iron her hair using the hands.

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Aimee Copeland (left) has had her left leg, other foot and both hands amputated in her battle against a flesh-eating bacteria she developed after a fall from a west Georgia zip line May 1. (aimeecopeland.com/Screengrab)

"It just mimics so well a natural hand that it really just reminds me of before the accident, how I would have done things," she told CNN.

Sarah WolfeMay 18, 2013 10:45

San Francisco bacon restaurant forced to close over smell (VIDEO)

The San Francisco restaurant Bacon Bacon had to close down after neighbors complained about the bacon smell.

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Bacon tacos were among items on the menu at Bacon Bacon in San Francisco. (Bacon Bacon/Facebook)

Who complains about the smell of bacon? People in San Francisco, apparently.

Ellen ConnollyMay 17, 2013 16:11

Mysterious anteater birth without a mate

An anteater fell pregnant and gave birth at a US zoo despite having no contact with the only male anteater.

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A female anteater (Tamandua Mirim) carries her baby at the zoo in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil on March 9, 2010. (VANDERLEI ALMEIDA/AFP/Getty Images)

Mystery conception of an anteater.

Samantha StainburnMay 17, 2013 14:21

Mars rover Opportunity breaks US off-planet driving record

NASA’s Mars rover Opportunity has broken the US record for distance driven on another planet.

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Part of the Mars panorama released by NASA that combines 817 images taken by the panoramic camera on the Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity. (NASA/Courtesy)

Opportunity has been rolling around the Red Planet since January 2004, and this week its odometer hit 22.220 miles, pushing past the previous distance record set by the Apollo 17 moon rover in December 1972.

Allison JacksonMay 17, 2013 12:51

Australian politician attacked by kangaroo in Canberra

Shane Rattenbury says the kangaroo attack happened while he was on a morning jog.

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This photo taken on May 31, 2012 shows two kangaroos grazing near a house in Canberra. (AFP/Getty Images)

"I'm not sure who got the bigger shock, me or the kangaroo," Shane Rattenbury said.

Alexander BesantMay 17, 2013 07:37Updated May 17, 2013 17:38

Toronto Mayor Rob Ford crack cocaine video surfaces

Gawker broke the news that the video existed and the website's editor John Cook made the trip to Toronto to see it firsthand.

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Toronto mayor Rob Ford is no stranger to controversy but a video surfacing of him hitting a crack pipe might just be enough to make his career go up in smoke. (Dennis Grombkowski/AFP/Getty Images)

A video has allegedly surfaced of the wacky mayor smoking crack cocaine and talking smack about other politicians.

Ellen ConnollyMay 16, 2013 16:12

Man finds winning $4.85 million lottery ticket in cookie jar

Ricardo Cerezo, of Illinois, said he accumulated 11 lottery tickets in the cookie jar for a rainy day.

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Ricardo Cerezo, of Geneva, Illinois, got an extremely sweet surprise after looking in his cookie jar recently and finding a winning lottery ticket. (Justin Sullivan/AFP/Getty Images)

Winning lottery ticket in cookie jar.

Amy SilversteinMay 16, 2013 16:01

Craigslist adoption attempt gets woman arrested

Stephanie Redus, a Texas mom, faces criminal charges for placing a Craigslist ad asking strangers to adopt her three-year-old son.

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Mothers holding their newly-born babies pose for a photo at Fabella hospital, a government-run maternity hospital during World Population Day in Manila on July 11, 2009. (Ted Aljibe/AFP/Getty Images)

“Hi, I’m trying to adopt out my three year old son. I’m not in a good place in my life and don’t feel like I can care for him properly, but I don’t know where to start."

Talia RalphMay 16, 2013 13:17

Move over, ultrasounds: Fetus holograms are the next big trend (VIDEO)

Japanese company Pioneer has developed technology that prints 3D holograms of unborn babies.

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Perfect gift for mom: a fetus-hologram-lined jewelry box. (Screengrab/YouTube)

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Ultrasounds just scream "twentieth century baby," don't they? Thank goodness Japanese company Pioneer has developed technology worthy of the twenty-first century fetus.