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A man had to be rescued after a large animal head hanging on a wall fell on him early Friday, the Monroe County Sheriff's Office said. Deputies found Jim Harris pinned in his recliner by a stuffed water buffalo's head, Sheriff's spokeswoman Becky Herrin said.

WARSAW — Poland's national museum on Thursday launched an exhibition of homosexual art ranging from ancient Greece to contemporary works, hailing it as a first for the strongly Catholic country. "Warsaw is the first city in this part of Europe to organise this kind of exhibition," museum director Piotr Piotrowski said at the opening of the show, titled "Ars Homo Erotica".

Late afternoon at UB Tower, and I'm taking a smoking break in a corner of the parking lot after three longish interviews with the top management of United Spirits Limited (USL). Sharing my ash tray young managers from USL's marketing department,... When I introduce myself, one of them asks, "So you're writing about the 100 million cases?" "I'm actually doing a detailed story on the managerial inputs a company requires in a situation of rapid growth," I say importantly. Duly impressed, they ask, "Has an Indian company ever been the world number one in a product category before?" I stall...

"OLD BRIDGE, New Jersey (Reuters) – A New Jersey woman is waging a campaign to become the world's heaviest living woman, admitting that she is as hungry for attention as she is for calorie-rich food. Donna Simpson, 42, weighs more than 600 pounds (272 kg) and aims to reach 1,000 pounds (455 kg). The mother of two children, ages 3 and 14, models on a website called supersizedbombshells.com, where admirers and the curious can pay to watch videos of her eating greasy foods or walking to the car." "Simpson said she has received a book offer and wants her own...

Being short isn't easy. Short people make less money, have a harder time finding a mate, and are less likely to be elected to public office, statistics show. A new study suggests that it gets worse: The shortest short people -- men under 5 feet 5 inches and women under 5 feet -- are roughly 50 percent more likely than the tallest people to have a heart attack or die from heart disease, according to an analysis published in the European Heart Journal.

NEW YORK (AP) -- New York City's Empire State Building said "yes" to Mariah Carey, dog shows, cancer charities - and even the 60th anniversary of communist China. But the landmark skyscraper's owners have declined to illuminate it in honor of the late Mother Teresa.....

Some Rehoboth Beach-goers told to cover upIf you want to go to Rehoboth Beach, you have to cover up. No exceptions. According to WBOC-16, lifeguards were forced to call city police after some beach-goers complained that there were people walking around with their breasts exposed. It turns out, those people didn’t think they were doing anything wrong. They were male-to-female transgenders, who had either transitioned or were in the process of transitioning and had some breast implants. Rehoboth Beach Police Chief Keith Banks tells WBOC that the city already has laws regulating which parts of the body need to be...

What's the medical truth about the hormone, drug, and body mutilation procedures which attempt to "change" a person's sex -- that are even being promoted to and used on children? This is a very frightening subject. The mental health profession recognizes "gender identity disorder" as a psychological affliction -- not an inborn biological condition. But many in the field are afraid to research it or even discuss for fear of retribution from the powerful homosexual movement. As a result the radical activists, fringe medical practitioners, and far-left politicians are given free reign in the public forum on this issue.

LOS ANGELES (AP) -- A porn actor suspected of killing a colleague and wounding two other people during an attack with a sword has been charged with murder and attempted murder. Prosecutors say they charged 34-year-old Stephen Clancy Hill on Friday with one count of murder and five counts of attempted murder.

The mysterious russian shortwave radio "UWB-76", also known as "The Buzzer"... ...just stopped transmission. This is huge, considering there has been almost NO interruption since 1982. It even survived the cold war. This is.............. odd..................

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) -- Attorneys for a prison inmate accused of killing a guard while escaping from a Salt Lake City medical center are seeking to cover his neo-Nazi tattoos during his trial.

An astronomer says a bright spiralling light spotted in the sky by people across eastern Australia was probably a satellite, space junk or a rocket. The UFO was seen moving through the sky just before Saturday's sunrise in New South Wales, Queensland and the ACT. ABC News Online has received dozens of emails, pictures and videos from those who claim to have witnessed the huge white light. Some described it as a "lollipop-type swirl". Others say it hovered for a while before gradually moving in an eastern direction until it was out of sight. Those who saw the object...

MINNEAPOLIS, - A Minneapolis man says the city mowed down the prairie grass he spent three years cultivating and stuck him with the $140 bill for the job. Environmentally conscious Michael Anschel said he planted the prairie grass three years ago as a no-water, no-mow alternative to his previous lawn and the city sent him a notice May 17 informing him the seed stalks that sprouted a few weeks ago and the length of the grass, more than 8 inches, violated city ordinances, the Minneapolis Star Tribune reported Friday. Anschel said he left a message with inspectors explaining that mowing...

STORY FROM 5/31/10 A pit bull attacks its owners sending a woman to the hospital and injuring a man. Eau Claire County Sheriff Ron Cramer says the pit bull attacked the couple around 6 p.m. Monday at their home on Skeels Ave. in the Town of Washington on Eau Claire's south side. He says there appears to be no reason the dog attacked them. The woman was taken to the hospital for wounds to her arms. The man had injuries to his stomach and chest but refused medical treatment. The sheriff says the pit bull is now at the Eau...

Snails on speed don't get speedier—but their supercharged brains do learn better and make memories that last much longer, a new study says. Scientists gave pond snails the amphetamine crystal meth to explore the memory-related brain processes that get humans so hooked on the drug. Human meth users experience sensations of happiness and high self-esteem that help make the drug extremely addictive. Scientists suspect that such cravings may be tied to powerful "pathological memories" that make such highs difficult to forget. "We were not trying to addict the snails," said study co-author Barbara Sorg, a biochemist at Washington State University...

BENA, Minn. - Bigfoot alive and living in northern Minnesota? The co-founders of the Northern Minnesota Bigfoot Society say, "100 percent yes." They said they have received more than 75 reports of sightings, captured images, and Bigfoot footprints in just three years. They're sharing their insight while sorting fact from fiction as they take KSAX on the hunt for Bigfoot. "I'm a skeptic of Bigfoot because I've trapped this whole area and never, ever did we see any Bigfoot tracks or see Bigfoot anywhere," William Tucker of Bena said. Long time trapper William Tucker is anything but a believer, but...

ANGEL FIRE, N.M., -- Believers in visits to Earth by alien spacecraft say they have hard evidence of landings in a pasture in a sparsely populated area in northern New Mexico. The Alliance Studying Paranormal Experiences, based in the small village of Angel Fire, claims the region has received multiple visits, the Sangre de Cristo Chronicle reports. Alliance President Janet Sailor calls the area a "UFO hot spot." The latest discovery was last year when Judy Piper, an Angel Fire accountant, discovered circles on land she owns in the Moreno Valley outside town. She reported the find to Sailor, and...

NEW HAVEN, Conn. (AP) -- Connecticut state police say a van carrying former President Bill Clinton was hit from behind on the Merritt Parkway while he was on his way to deliver the Class Day speech at Yale University.

Naturally produced light-emitting chemicals offer undersea advantages to (clockwise from top left) a pelagic worm, squid, krill, scaleless black dragonfish, and deepwater jellyfish. Though research on bioluminescence recently garnered a Nobel Prize, the phenomenon is still poorly understood, according to a new paper reviewing recent discoveries about bioluminescence's benefits, its evolution, and the surprising diversity of ways plants and animals generate glowing substances. Eighty percent of all creatures known to produce their own light live in the ocean, according to the report, published today in the journal Science. "There are no hiding places in the open ocean, so a lot...