73-year-old woman survived a house explosion after she bent down to pick up a spoon while preparing some food. Fire officials say the action saved Joy Horton from the debris, which fell onto the bench top and kitchen sink.

A 19-year-old Kalona teenager faces up to 25 years in prison if convicted of throwing a firecracker inside a Coralville mall in Iowa on April 16th this year. Police charged Travis Grout with first-degree arson, public intoxication and interference with official acts for an incident at Coral Ridge Mall after a witness saw him lighting a three-inch long firecracker.

Russian authorities in Moscow raised terror alerts when a loud explosion ripped through a university dormitory, damaging the building. No one was reported injured by the explosion, which was caused by a Russian chemistry student who blew up his homework.

In a bid to mask their theft of a toy, four men allegedly triggered a small blast in a Wal-Mart store using swimming pool chemicals. The officers at Henry County Police are shocked at the incident for they say the men perhaps turned a shoplifting misdemeanor into "one of terrorist acts. " Lt. Jason Bolton revealed the incident to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution how the four men entered the Wal-Mart Sunday and after shoplifting a toy, mixed swimming pool chemicals together to create a smoky explosion.