France may have taken a big step forward with parliament's decision to legalize gay marriage, but according to the results of a European Union survey, discrimination against the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) community is still widespread in Europe.

Released Friday, the online survey...

Can't start your day without a cup of coffee? Your morning routine may soon get a whole lot easier.

Colgate-Palmolive filed a patent application for a toothbrush capable of delivering a dose of chemicals to the user with every brush. While a number of medicines could conceivably be distributed, the...

Well, that's one clever way to get a job.

Unemployed journalist Enzo Vizcaino took up a different type of performance art on the Barcelona Metro in Spain recently by singing his resume.

With a bachelor's degree in journalism and a postgraduate diploma, Vizcaino's credentionals are nothing...

If a colleague is a known prankster, it's probably a good idea to read the script before going on air.

One reporter learned that the hard way when TV host Karl Stefanovic pulled an "Anchorman" prank on Australia's "Today" show and changed the teleprompter in order to trick...

A small pup was responsible for a minor diplomatic incident between Germany and South Korea last week when the dog, owned by a German official, bit the wife of a prominent South Korean businessman.

Police in Seoul's Yongsan district said the alleged attack occurred as the

As researchers have previously warned, Tigers in India may be a little too close for comfort -- when it comes to their DNA, anyway.

A new study from Cardiff University has researchers concerned that Indian tigers face extinction because of a lack of "genetic diversity."

Partnering with...

Finally, Oscar Mayer has combined two of the things meat-eaters love most: bacon and hot dogs.

But don't get too excited just yet, carnivores. Oscar Mayer's "Bacon Dogs" may not be what you expect when you hear that glorious term.

According to the product's label, bacon...

Catch that odd ring around the sun earlier this week?

Many people in the New York tri-state area spotted the circular halo, but the phenomenon is by no means limited to a specific area and is often seen around the world.

So what is it?

Also...

So much for overtime. One Apple employee in France who worked 20 minutes after the end of his shift was reportedly given a heavy warning for working too late.

According to Le Parisien, Thomas Bordage was summoned to a preliminary interview with his supervisors Monday and

Pedestrians passing by the famous Manneken Pis statue in Brussels, Belgium, Monday may have spotted something out of the ordinary. Though the sculpture was still peeing into the fountain, the iconic statue of a misbehaving boy was replaced by a little golden man.

This switcheroo was the brainchild...

In a disturbing video recently posted online, a man charges an elephant within Kruger National Park, a protected game reserve located in southeastern Africa.

Latest Sightings, a blog that shares reports of animal sightings and videos taken within the bounds of the reserve, posted the user-submitted...

Goodrich Quality Theaters has come under fire this week after its Capital 8 theater in Missouri hired a fake gunman for an "Iron Man 3" screening during the opening weekend of the film.

To be expected, the character, who wore full tactical gear and carried a fake gun,...

Before Justin Baldridge came home from Afghanistan, a friend in his U.S. Marine unit who lost both of his legs, made him a promise: He would walk to his military buddy and give him a hug when he returned home.

Baldridge held him to it.

Though...

After losing his 5-year-old son to leukemia in 2000, Richard Nares wanted to do something to help the families that do not have the same level of support that his family did. So three years later, he founded the Emilio Nares Foundation (ENF), named after his son.

Helping...

Following the dramatic rescue of three Ohio women held captive for years, local man Charles Ramsey became a viral sensation with his spirited interview about responding to the cries for help coming from a house near his own in downtown Cleveland. But he was not the...

A newlywed French man was killed in a shark attack during his honeymoon in an incident near France's Reunion Island Wednesday.

According to the Agence France-Presse, the unidentified 36-year-old was surfing off a popular beach on the island, east of Madagascar, when a shark charged at him twice....

Got a 3D printer handy? Then you could soon be the proud owner of an invisibility cloak of sorts.

Although the printed item may not be anywhere near as magical as the fictional robe seen in the "Harry Potter" films, researchers at Duke University have devised a simple...

Forget that cotton scent. Thanks to Le Slip Francais, men will soon have the option of wearing scented underwear that smells of musk and pears, France's The Local reports.

The French undergarment company has raised more than 19,000 euros (about $25,000) on a crowdfunding site...

An old hatbox containing about 250 World War II letters sat in Pamela Gilliland's closet, untouched for nearly 15 years. The Oklahoma woman bought the hatbox at an estate sale for $1 but did not come across the precious contents until a few days later, Tulsa...

Even the deceased can't escape the taxman in France.

As France's The Local reports, a tax bill was addressed to a particular grave in a cemetery in the Ile-de-France region.

According to L'Expansion, France's public finances recovery department has sent correspondence to the deceased in the past; however,...