Villagers at a southern Philippine community reported that a ghoul has killed their livestock. Panicked local residents at Barangay (village) Lower Manongol in Kidapawan City, southern Philippines say that a ghoul, which takes a human form by day but turns into a blood-sucking and flesh-eating monster as darkness falls, was responsible for the killing of three goats who were seen without its inner organs, including hearts and livers.

Days after obtaining an Illinois-shaped cornflake from an Internet auction, a man announced that he will be taking the prized item on the road to be part of his traveling road show. After paying $1,350 for the flake, Jon Wolf, the curator of triviamania. com, is planning to include the flake to his exhibit of American oddities.

A new bill in the Massachusetts state legislature could subject parents who spank their children to criminal abuse charges. If enacted, the law would become the first in the country outlawing the practice. Massachusetts nurse Kathleen Wolf drafted the bill, which includes exceptions for "minor physical contact" and "the reasonable use of force. "

A man from Thief River Falls, Minnesota calls himself lucky to be alive after he had a tete-a-tete with a gray wolf. Mike Olson was working under his dad's deck for about 20 minutes when he saw the huge wolf with big eyes looking at him on Monday. Without wasting any time he just came out told his dad Erling about what he saw. "It was probably 6 feet away," he told AP. "It was just laying down. It had its head up and was just looking at me. "

All it needs is an unfortunate slip of stroke to transform the name of America's most wanted man to one of its most respected personage. Yes, that is what happened with a major new channel when a bad typo replaced "Osama" with "Obama. " The CNN new channel on Tuesday sought apologies from Illinois Sen. Barack Obama for what is said was a "bad typographical error. "