During a weekend quail-hunting trip, Vice President Dick Cheney accidentally shot and wounded his hunting companion.

Harry Whittington, an Austin attorney, was in stable condition at a hospital in Corpus Christi after being hit with shotgun pellets in the cheek, neck and chest in the incident, which occurred Saturday afternoon.

A 78-year-old woman was rushed to the hospital after being bitten by a 5-foot snake while watching television inside her home. The snake is one of the world's deadliest varieties.

Valerie Makin was sitting on her couch knitting and watching the tube when she spotted the unlikely home invader out of the corner of her eye. When she tried to flick it away, it stuck its fangs in her left arm.

An Arkansas court convicted a couple who ran an animal shelter of 20 counts of cruelty to animals.

Some of the animals abused were sent to Tammy and William Hanson's shelter from New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina.

A New York court found a man who bit off a chunk of his girlfriend's face guilty of assault on Thursday.

Gareth Whyte, 27, of New Rochelle faces up to 25 years in prison for the incident on Mother's Day, reports The Associated Press

A new 2006 calender is naughty, but the faithful may not find it nice.

A German Protestant youth compiled the calender using 12 staged photos depicting erotic scenes from the Bible, including a topless Delilah cutting Samson's hair and a naked Eve offering an apple, reports Reuters.