Men at Work lose "Down Under" copyright appeal

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Men at Work lose "Down Under" copyright appeal
Australian rockers Men at Work on Friday lost their final court bid to prove they did not steal the distinctive flute riff of their 1980s hit "Down Under" from a children's campfire song.
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Pittsburgh woman arrested at "American Idol" audition for trespassing
A Pittsburgh woman who wants to desperately be on "American Idol," her persistence to make it on the show landed her in jail
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Man denies buying sex: 'I couldn't get it up'
A 71-year-old Swede caught paying for sex has claimed he is innocent as his erectile dysfunction made it impossible to go through with the act
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Fight over headphones delays flight
Two pilots on an Air Canada Jazz flight were forced to break up a fight between two passengers who were brawling over a pair of headphones, police say.
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Parrot man struggles to leave house each day without his pet parrots
A bird lover is so attached to his pair of prized parrots that he rarely goes anywhere without them, even to the shower.
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Michael Jackson slept with a doll
•Bedroom full of baby pics
•Drugs bottles litter room
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Saved by Facebook! Father wakes up paralysed, taps SOS message and friends 6,000 miles away call an ambulance
A critically ill father owes his life to Facebook after he posted a mayday message on the site that was picked up by friends 6,000 miles away in America.
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Schwarzenegger opens museum dedicated to himself in Austrian hometown
Hollywood star Arnold Schwarzenegger unveiled a larger than life bronze statue of himself and opened a museum dedicated to his life during a visit to his hometown in Austria today.
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California 'Psychic' Scared Girl Into Stealing $10G in Jewelry
A Californian "psychic" has been arrested on suspicion of telling a 12-year-old girl she would remain cursed unless she paid her a fee, causing the youngster to steal $10,000 of jewelry.
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Salt Lake City underwear run sets world record
A protest of Utah's uptight laws that featured people running through the streets of Salt Lake City in their underwear has set a new world record.
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Denver man 'thought dead friend was drunk'
One of two men accused of driving around a US city with their friend's corpse in the back seat thought the dead man was just drunk, a court heard.
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Florida Lawmaker Wants to Repeal Dwarf-Tossing Ban
A Republican state legislator has submitted a bill that would repeal Florida's 22-year-old ban on tossing little people for sport at bars. He's doing it for job creation!
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Grocery worker: I gave out semen-tainted yogurt
A grocery store worker accused of handing out a semen-tainted yogurt sample at an Albuquerque market pleaded guilty Thursday.
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Man flagged down cars in G-string for bet
A Louisiana man got on the wrong side of the law when he was caught flagging down cars wearing nothing but skimpy women's underwear.
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Amish hair-cutting gang terrorises communities
A group of Amish men is being investigated for allegedly breaking into Ohio family homes and chopping their victims' hair and beards off.
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'Phone thief' adds photo to victim's Facebook
Police in Georgia were looking for a handbag thief who apparently snapped a photo of himself on the victim's phone and then accidentally posted it to her Facebook page.
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Elderly men bare all for church calendar
Twelve male parishioners, ranging in age from 64 to 87, bare all in a calendar to raise needed money for their Massachusetts church.
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Woman jailed after using drill to sink estranged husband's £75,000 yacht
Mandy Fleming 'lost it' when she realised her spouse had splashed cash on his boat after pleading poverty to her
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Girl, eight, sold to Afghan police officer as his bride
Ten years after British forces entered the war-ravaged country, the Standard has uncovered shocking evidence of an eight-year-old girl who was married off to a policeman for cash. She was sold to the officer, in his twenties, in clear breach of laws introduced two years ago to protect women.
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Man Undergoes Plastic Surgery to Look Like Superman
Not even kryptonite could keep Herbert Chavez, 35, from pursuing his dream to look like Superman.
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