Each morning, Joe Connor climbs into his Mercedes and goes looking for two things: baseball and vegetable oil. His car is an '84.

But this is no ordinary car; it's a "green" vehicle. It has nine sponsors and runs on a two tank system.

Sri Lanka's celebrity elephant, Raja, has fallen ill after eating too many sweets and chocolates given to him as gifts in part of the Buddhist new year celebrations.

Thousands of Sri Lankans have paid a visit to Raja, 45, ahead of the new year celebration on Thursday, offering homemade cookies deep fried in coconut oil, chocolates, rice cooked in thick milk and fermented slices of sweet pineapple.

A Cornell University horticulturist research says that giving some plants diluted alcohol stunts the growth of a plant's leaves and stems but doesn't affect the blossoms.

William Miller, director of Cornell's Flower Bulb Research Program, reported his findings in the April issue of HortTechnology, a peer-reviewed journal of horticulture.

Reports from the northern regions of Russia's Maritime territory have the area blanketed by a creamy reddish snow caused by a mixture of weather patterns.

Government officials have been broadcasting non-stop weather bulletins to inform the public of the unique and unusual natural phenomenon.

Four seniors are suspended for spraying skunk oil at Springville High School. They have been suspended for 90 days, which could affect their graduation.

District officials say the seniors climbed a pipe, entered the school through the ceiling and sprayed the oil.