A man in search of buried treasure struck gold, literally, when he found a pair of coins that bore the image of Emperor Carausius. Derrick Fretwell, 57, reportedly found the coins while digging in a field by Ashbourne. The coins bore the portrait of Emperor Carausius, a Roman commander. The coins and were said to be 90 percent pure gold.

The English language has almost reached the one-million-word mark, according to an expert running a website that tracks the language's development. Paul Payack of the Global Language Monitor says that the English language's expansion was greatly aided by the addition of email and Internet lingo. These technology-based means of communication, according to Payack, have resulted in the rise of now-common phrases at a significant speed.

A housewife was convicted of attempted murder after she tried to kill her husband by mixing antifreeze into their wedding anniversary dinner. The court of Stafford Crown found Kate Knight, 28, guilty of attempted murder after she laced her husband's curry and red wine with antifreeze back in 2005. Lee's ingestion of the tainted food and drink caused him to suffer from brain damage, and irreversible kidney failure.

It's the Chinese Year of the Rat but it is unlikely the animal's status could be elevated above the sewer and loathsome level. Never mind that last year's hit film Ratatouille showed their humorous - and culinary - side and that Mickey Mouse and Tom and Jerry have been a long-time favorites.

A cracked jug started with a bid of $390 at an auction, fetched $430,000, but could eventually command a whopping tag price of $9. 77 million after experts deemed it was part of the rarest treasures of medieval Egypt. . According to staff at the Lawrence's auction house in Crewkerne, Somerset, the enameled jug, decorated with mythological animals and birds, was initially thought to be from 19th century France, hence the low guide price for the bid.