BERSERKERS. The Old Norse term berserkr was used to identify certain fierce warriors with animal characteristics. According to Old Norse literature, particularly the later sagas, berserkers howled like animals in battle and bit their shields. They felt...

Berserkers (or Berserks) were Norse warriors who wore coats of bear skin (bear-sark) and who were commonly understood to have fought in an uncontrollable rage or trance of fury; the berserkergang. The Úlfhéðnar (singular Úlfhéðinn) mentioned in...

Berserk bus driver Passengers taken on wild ride after British double-decker is cut off by car The Guardian Sunday, May 7, 2000 London -- It's a scenario most drivers are familiar with: a car brakes abruptly and then drives off...

LESLIE KOREN, STAFF WRITER The Record (Bergen County, NJ) 10-17-2004 Brides gone berserk -- Bachelorette parties hit new highs and lows By LESLIE KOREN, STAFF WRITER Date: 10-17-2004, Sunday Section: LIVING Edtion: All Editions.=.Sunday CORRECTION: In the article "Brides Gone Berserk" on...

Police imposed a curfew Wednesday in parts of the northern Indian city of Agra that is home to the Taj Mahal and advised tourists and residents to stay indoors after rioting that followed a fatal truck accident, officials said.All schools and colleges in Agra have...

A man went on a shooting rampage in his central Japan home Thursday, killing a policeman, wounding three other people _ including his son and daughter _ and taking his wife hostage, news reports and police said.Hundreds of police surrounded 50-year-old Hisato Obayashi's tree-shrouded house...