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 world's shortest man. - - - - February 22, 10:18am

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. - - - - February 22, 8:44am

An Ohio church is offering a drive-thru Ash Wednesday blessing for parishioners pressed for time or reluctant to come inside the church for the Lenten observance. - - - - February 22, 4:00pm

A man accused of dealing drugs had his luck run out when he won $2,500 playing blackjack at a casino near Philadelphia. - - - - February 21, 5:04pm

Few would confuse the glitz of the Academy Awards with a ceremony held by a folk arts society in Poland, but Hollywood doesn't want anyone else handing out Oscars. - - - - February 21, 4:49am

Police say an unloaded gun has been found inside a piano that was donated to a southeast Michigan nursing home years ago. - - - - February 21, 10:24am

Police in upstate New York say a 6-year-old boy snoozing in his father's car never woke up while the vehicle was being stolen after it was left running outside a store. - - - - February 21, 7:53am

An elusive emu on the lam in Vermont has been amusing residents in communities on Lake Champlain. - - - - February 19, 4:17pm

A 23-year-old college student from New Mexico is scheduled to go to trial for allegedly stealing a small pumpkin worth two dollars. - - - - February 21, 5:40am

Peter Kantorowski wanted his 98-year-old mother to move into a nursing home or live with him. She wouldn't go; she didn't want to leave her home of nearly 60 years. - - - - February 17, 5:49pm