by Claudine Zap A massive sinkhole has opened up in the town of Leesburg, Florida , and it's hungry. It's already gobbled up a garbage bin, an oak tree, the back wall of the building housing a salon, and racks of supplies. The chasm that caused Main Street Hair and Beauty Supply to collapse is about 60 feet wide and 20 feet deep. Although the street surrounding the building has also fallen prey to the pit, officials say the hole isn't growing .

by Claudine Zap Brace yourselves: Villains onscreen this summer have been vanquished by Thor's hammer, the Green Lantern's ring, and a variety of X-Men who shape-shift and mind-read into and out of most situations. Enter " Captain America: The First Avenger " into this bunch. The movie, starring Chris Evans )" Fantastic Four "( and directed by Joe Johnston )" The Rocketeer "(, is one more character to come to life from the pages of Marvel Comics .

by Vera H-C Chan The game : Forget NFL lockouts . Cornhole is where to find heartwarming talent. Latest champion throwing arm : That of 3-year-old Chase of North Carolina. The technique : Overhead left-handed toss to the bottom half of the cornhole board. According to toddler physics, momentum propels the bean bag up the slanted board and into the hole. Seven times. In a row. The record : Did we mention seven consecutive times? True,

by Claudine Zap It's a case that combines history and mystery - and very valuable gold coins. The stakes were certainly high: One of these rare $20 pieces sold for a record $7.59 million in 2002. Here's the story. A jury decided that a Philadelphia woman, Joan Langbord , who found the coins in her father's bank deposit box, never should have owned them, and that the U.S. government was right to take them back.

by Claudine Zap Here's something you never want to hear: "That loud booming sound is coming from inside the house !" That's what one Inocenta Hernandez from Guatemala City learned after a noise caused her to run outside, thinking there had been an explosion nearby. When she realized the problem was inside her home, she returned to find a gaping, three feet wide, 40 feet deep sinkhole beneath her bed. The 65-year-old was relieved that the damage was only to her house,

by Claudine Zap Here's a big idea: Writing your name in the sand so large that it can be seen from space . It helps if you're Hamad Bin Hamdan Al Ahyan , a super-rich Arab sheikh who is the president of the oil-rich United Arab Emirates . He also happens to own an island to which he could add the world's largest graffiti tag of his name. The letters were crafted by a crew who worked for weeks to create them.

by Claudine Zap Move over, Montauk Monster . Step aside, Nessie. There's a new sea creature in town - maybe. Footage of a 20- to 30-foot long creature caught on tape by fishermen suggest we have an Alaska marine mammal mystery . The black and white footage from 2009 is by no means definitive. It is taken on a rainy day with a shaky camera, 'natch, which make it all the more confounding. The Alaska-dwelling creature has been labeled a " Cadborosaurus willsi ,

by Claudine Zap Bride-to-be Rachelle Friedman and her groom, Chris Chapman, give new meaning to the marriage vows to love each other "in sickness and in health." One year after the bride was paralyzed from a freak accident during her bachelorette party, the couple will marry . The dance instructor made news last year when during the poolside horseplay, she was pushed in the shallow end of the pool by one of her bridesmaids.

by Claudine Zap Bride-to-be Rachelle Friedman and her groom, Chris Chapman, give new meaning to the marriage vows to love each other "in sickness and in health." One year after the bride was paralyzed from a freak accident during her bachelorette party, the couple will marry . The dance instructor made news last year when during the poolside horseplay, she was pushed in the shallow end of the pool by one of her bridesmaids.

by Claudine Zap Take a group of guerrilla artists at a busy intersection, Rosenthaler Platz in Berlin. Pour 500 liters of water-based, environmentally friendly paint onto the pavement. Then add 2,000 cars, bikes, and buses. And what you get is this: A really cool video of street art or, at least, lines of paint being spread in red, yellow, blue, and purple, which blend and merge in real time. Who knew driving could be so artistic?

by Claudine Zap Meet Colin and Christine Weir , Europe's largest lottery winners . They live in a Scottish seaside town. They have been married for 30 years, and they have two kids, plus a three-bedroom house, and now, 161 million pounds )about $260 million(. The two Scots both suffer from health problems and are no longer able to work. They drive Suzukis, and they now rank just below the Beckhams )as in Victoria and David Beckham ( on the U.K.'s Sunday Times Rich List .

by Claudine Zap It sounds like something out of a disaster movie, but Carmageddon is very real. For 53 painful hours, the busiest roadway in the country, the 405 Freeway in Los Angeles, will be closed. This shutdown will reroute the typical 500,000 cars on the freeway during the weekend, and worst-case scenario , cause a 64-mile traffic jam. Only in L.A.

by Claudine Zap Never doubt the determination of an 82-year-old man to change the world - or at least the wording of his state's constitution. Meet John Rolczynski : The Grand Forks resident has been trying to tell his legislators that an error in the founding document means that technically, North Dakota is not a state . Sounds like the ravings of a grumpy old man, but as it turns out, Rolczynski was right.

by Claudine Zap The true sufferers of premenstrual syndrome ? Men, if an ad campaign from the California Milk Processor Board is to be believed. But help is on the way: The dairy group has a new marketing strategy that slyly suggests men should buy milk for women to alleviate those monthly symptoms that males fear. And it's just the latest campaign from the milk industry to make waves. The newest marketing campaign includes billboards, a website,

by Claudine Zap The true sufferers of premenstrual syndrome ? Men, if an ad campaign from the California Milk Processor Board is to be believed. The dairy group has a new marketing strategy that slyly suggests men should help women with their PMS by buying them milk. And it's just the latest campaign from the milk industry to make waves. The newest marketing campaign includes billboards, a website,

by Claudine Zap Thirty years ago, the first space shuttle launched into the stratosphere. Chris and his father Kenneth Bray watched - and took a picture. Then last Friday, the shuttle Atlantis took its final trip. Again, the Bray men were there. And again, the two snapped a photo to capture the moment. The side-by-side photos, which are up on Chris Bray's Flickr photostream , immediately went viral on the Web.

by Claudine Zap This bundle of joy must be bringing an extra helping of happiness: a couple in Texas are the proud parents of 16-pound, 1-ounce, 2-foot-long JaMichael Brown . Nicknamed "the Moose" at the hospital where he was born, the parents, Janet Johnson and Michael Brown , welcomed the largest child ever born in the hospital , and possibly the state. So exactly how big is a 16-pound baby? Let's put it this way: The average newborn is about 7 ½ pounds.

by Claudine Zap Just like the shocking plot twists on daytime dramas, the soap operas " One Life to Live " and " All My Children " aren't really dead: They're just moving to the Web. Fans can put away their hankies and get out their mouse pads: The TV shows that started in the last century and ran for four decades will continue as Web TV. Same sets! Same casts! And, we're guessing, lots of new, dramatic cliff-hangers. Here's what happened. First,

by Claudine Zap The wait is over: The first reviews are in for the final movie of the much beloved "Harry Potter" series based on the J.K. Rowling novels. The last installment, " Harry Potter and the Deathly Hollows - Part 2 ," directed by David Yates , opens next week. The second and final installment depicts the battle between good and evil in the wizarding world as it escalates into war.

by Claudine Zap Call it "the Hollywood/politics switch": Offspring of the rich and famous who move away from the proven path of their parents' career )see above( for an unexpected choice of their own. This shuffle between the two fields made news for two up-and-comers. Mr. Lowe goes to Washington . Rob Lowe 's role on " The West Wing " may have had more influence on his son than his real-life role as actor. The star's son, Matthew Edward Lowe ,