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Nepalese man, 72, claims to be world's shortest
He has never worked outside the home or seen a doctor, and until Wednesday, he had never left his remote mountain village in western Nepal. So 72-year-old Chandra Bahadur Dangi only recently learned he might be the...More >>
White House typo has Biden headed to 'Road Island'
The vice president is hitting the road - to what the White House wrote as "Road Island," mistakenly spelled R-O-A-D instead of R-H-O-D-E.More >>
Gun found inside piano donated to nursing home
Police say an unloaded gun has been found inside a piano that was donated to a southeast Michigan nursing home years ago.More >>
Emu escapes from US farm, on the lam for 5 weeks
An elusive emu on the lam in Vermont has been amusing residents in communities on Lake Champlain.More >>
NM woman heads to trial for stealing $2 pumpkin
A 23-year-old college student from New Mexico is scheduled to go to trial for allegedly stealing a small pumpkin worth two dollars.More >>
Steer attacks instructor at Ohio vocational school
Officials at a northern Ohio vocational school say a steer attacked a veteran instructor during a meat processing class, and students reacted quickly by closing a gate to block the animal and calling 911.More >>
Female inmates put pig image in Vt. police decal
Female prison inmates are to blame for a prank that put the image of a pig in a decal on the doors of some Vermont state police cruisers.More >>
Missing Mickey Mouse spurs US school lockdown
A U.S. school says a missing Mickey Mouse spurred a brief lockdown while parents were visiting the school for Valentine's Day parties.More >>
School-zone sign with 6 separate times irks driver
An unusual school zone speed limit sign in suburban Detroit has drawn the attention of an irked driver.More >>
Fugitive runs out of gas, calls sheriff for help
A 59-year-old fugitive is back behind bars after he ran out of gas in Wyoming and called the local sheriff's office for roadside assistance.More >>
UK politician walks long way for Olympic truce
It was a different kind of Olympic marathon.More >>
Dad plays porn instead of 'Smurfs' at kid's party
Police aren't filing charges against a father who briefly played a pornographic video instead of "The Smurfs" at his child's birthday party.More >>
Pa. smokehouse fire 'best-smelling in long time'
Firefighters in Pennsylvania have managed to save 200 pounds of Polish sausage from what they're calling the best-smelling fire they've doused in years.More >>
His Airness' hand gives cops clue about fake shoes
Police say one of the first clues the Nike shoes might be fake was the logo of Michael Jordan. The former NBA star had too many fingers, an officer wrote in his report.More >>
Valentine's gift blamed for Calif. power outage
A Valentine's Day gift is being blamed for a power outage in Southern California.More >>
On Valentine's day, a museum for broken hearts
What becomes of a garden gnome hurled in fury at a car during a stormy breakup?More >>
Police: Mumbling Pa. suspect had mouthful of crack
A western Pennsylvania man is jailed on drug charges because police say something other than a confession came out of his mouth when he was hit with a stun gun.More >>
VW beetle police car pulls over pickup driver
A Volkswagen beetle owned by the Carter County Sheriff's Department became an improvised pursuit vehicle - at about 20 mph. The beetle won.More >>
Retirement ends Ohio family's long-running service
Members of Hamilton police Chief Neil Ferdelman's family have held public safety jobs serving their southwestern Ohio city for 87 years straight, but that run will end with his retirement next month.More >>
Ky school officials say bedbugs at school a hoax
Augusta Independent School Principal Robin Kelsch had enough to worry about with the flu. Kelsch didn't need a student's report of bedbugs at the school to make things worse.More >>
NYC sewage plant to offer Valentine's Day tours
It may not smell like a rose but a New York City sewage plant is offering tours for lovers on Valentine's Day.More >>
Hundreds ask Vt. to keep prank pig on police decal
Remember the pig hidden within the decal on the doors of some Vermont State Police cruisers?More >>
Pakistani man fights police over 40-foot shark
Qasim Khan waged the unlikeliest of battles with Pakistani authorities Thursday over the right to charge hundreds of curious visitors the equivalent of 22 cents each to see a roughly 40-foot whale shark he bought from a...More >>
Student tries to throw glitter at Romney in Denver
A 20-year-old college student tried to throw glitter on Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney as he greeted supporters in Denver following Colorado's caucuses.More >>
Ohio building with ties to Wright brothers eroding
An Ohio structure containing remnants of a building where the Wright brothers rented space for their first bicycle shop has been declared a public nuisance and may eventually be demolished despite residents' efforts to...More >>
Ex-CA mayor admits stealing mixer to make pizza
The former mayor of a Los Angeles suburb has pleaded guilty to stealing a commercial food mixer from the local school district so he could make dough for his home pizza oven.More >>
Ice not thick enough for Dutch skating marathon
Organizers of the near-mythical Eleven Cities Tour dealt 16,000 skaters and the nation at large a crushing blow Wednesday when they decided the ice was too thin to hold the 125-mile (200-kilometer) skating marathon for the...More >>