A nine-year-old girl asked police why they pulled her over when she was "driving good" after her drunken father got her to drive his van in the middle of the night, U.S. media reported Tuesday.

The girl was sitting on a booster seat in the big red van, but somehow managed to reach the pedals and was even careful to use her turn signal.

A police dog who sustained a fractured skull while on duty during riots in London in August was given an official honor Tuesday for his exceptional bravery.

Obi, a three-year-old German Shepherd, and his handler PC Phil Wells were bombarded with bottles, bricks and petrol bombs while on the frontline in Tottenham, where the trouble first flared before spreading across London.

A Buddhist temple on Malaysia's island resort of Penang has held a religious ritual in which mourners bit an apple to hasten Apple visionary Steve Jobs' reincarnation, a report said Tuesday.

Jobs, who was known for his Buddhist leanings, died on October 5 aged 56 after a lengthy battle with cancer, triggering worldwide mourning for the man who was the driving force behind the iPod, iPhone and other tech advancements.

"Platform for sale in good condition: 20 rooms, panoramic sea view, plenty of space for a helicopter": the oil platform Huldra in the North Sea is up for grabs.

Norwegian oil company Statoil plans to dispose of the giant installation now that the oil well is drying up, and the company published a parody of a real estate advertisement in a brochure posted on its website on Tuesday.

A former British taxi driver has become the first person in the world for 3,000 years to be mummified in the same way as the pharaohs.

Channel Four viewers will see Alan Billis turned into a mummy over the space of a few months as his body is preserved using the techniques which the ancient Egyptians used on Tutankhamun.

A 56-year-old Canadian man who left home after his business went bankrupt completed an 11-year walk around the world on Sunday, and told a crowd of well-wishers his new goal was to promote peace.

Jean Beliveau -- who arrived to a hero's welcome in Montreal from loved ones, lawmakers and supporters -- said his "real mission" was to lobby Canada and other governments to create "ministries of peace."

Hundreds of air travelers were left stranded after an incoming Air India flight was grounded for nine hours at London's Gatwick Airport by a combination of fog and aviation rules.

Police were called onto the Boeing 777 jet as tempers frayed among the 200 passengers after the airline prevented them from disembarking.

The women of Barbacoas, Colombia have ended a three-month, 19-day "crossed legs" strike of sexual abstinence aimed at getting a road to their isolated town paved, after officials pledged to invest in the project.

"That night we devoted to our husbands. The desire was great and we took advantage of it," Luz Marina Castillo, the leader of the protest, told Bogota newspaper El Tiempo in comments published Sunday after the strike was lifted.

Pete the Moose, who developed a cult following with a Facebook page and a rally at the Vermont Statehouse after biologists threatened to kill him to prevent the spread of disease, has died.

Fish and Wildlife Commissioner Patrick Berry said Friday that Pete was tranquilized for hoof treatment at the captive elk farm where he was living and didn't wake up.

An Austrian paraglider had to be rescued off the same cliff for the second time in two weeks, after he tried to retrieve equipment abandoned the first time around, police said Sunday.

The 27-year-old man had had to leave his 4,000-euro ($5,500) paraglider behind when he was rescued by helicopter on October 2, after crashing into the cliff near Salzburg, where he was literally left hanging, although uninjured.