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Calgary’s economy is looking good as Stampede spirit grips Canada’s oil and gas headquarters city - but not quite as good as it was a few years ago. The annual outdoor event set an attenda...

Featured in Ripley's Believe It or Not! Charles Manson Born Charles Maddox in 1934, the details of notorious cult leader and murderer Charles Manson are foggy at best. Given his later penchant fo...

Featured in Ripley's Believe It or Not! Soccer may have some odd traditions, but did you know that Chelsea Football Club has become notorious for their fans' celery-based violence? The vegetable ...

Featured in Ripley's Believe It or Not! Longest Fingernails After 66 years, it was time for a manicure. But for Mr. Shridhar Chillal of Pune, India, the clippers weren't going to cut it. With the...

CAIRO - A decision by Egypt’s new health minister to have intercoms in state hospitals play the national anthem every morning, followed by a recitation of the Hippocratic oath, has set off a sto...

Clearwater County has received approval to purchase a property in Rocky Mountain House that will provide space for a portion of the County's Public Works department. A $1.9 million dollar offer to pur...

ANOKA, Minn. - A 9-year-old English bulldog has died just weeks after winning the 2018 World’s Ugliest Dog contest. Owner Megan Brainard of Anoka, Minnesota, told NBC’s “Today ”...

CALGARY - A chuckwagon driver is in hospital after he fell from his rig during a race at the Calgary Stampede’s Rangeland Derby. The Stampede says in a release that Obrey Motowylo suffered undis...

UPDATE [JULY 12]: Rocky Mountain House RCMP say Zakylie Soosay has been located, safe and well.

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. - A second person has been arrested in the June shooting death of emerging rap star XXXTentacion, authorities in Florida announced Wednesday. Michael Boatwright, 22, is facing fi...