Murder City
Chicago logged the most homicides of any major city in 2003, making it the new murder capital of the U.S. But dismayed New Yorkers are vowing to work harder to regain the title in 2004.

Flier's Luck
A woman who suffered a heart attack aboard a flight to Florida this week was lucky enough to be on a plane with 15 American heart specialists, all bound for a medical conference. Unfortunately, there were no insurance adjusters aboard to provide the proper paperwork, so none of the doctors was able to help her.

Crazed Passenger
The FBI says a man who became unruly on a Northwest Airlines flight from Detroit to Honolulu yesterday had to be subdued by the flight crew. The incident is seen as extremely strange because usually passengers only get desperate and unruly on the return flight from Hawaii to Detroit.

Biker Proposal
A North Carolina man who barely survived being impaled on his bike's handlebars, proposed to his girlfriend at the hospital when he regained consciousness this week. After surviving the excruciating pain of hot metal tearing through his body, he realized he really was ready for marriage.