A Pennsylvania trucker may have saved his own life with an unintentional and very elaborate Heimlich maneuver.
Police say 55-year-old Richard Paylor, of Fairless Hills, was eating an apple as he drove on a busy highway in Reading, Pa. when he began choking. Authorities say Paylor then lost consciousness and crashed through a concrete median.
The Reading Eagle reports investigators believe the apple was dislodged when Paylor smacked his chest against the steering wheel. Police recovered a chunk of apple from the dashboard.
Investigators spoke with doctors who backed up their conclusion that the accident dislodged the offending fruit.
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A pizzeria owner with mice problems who he blamed on competitors, tried to sabotage two rival shops by dumping mice in on them, authorities in suburban Philadelphia said.
Upper Darby police said a man walked into Verona Pizza on and asked to use the bathroom. After he left, the owner said he found footprints on the toilet and noticed that the drop ceiling had been disturbed, and he found a bag tucked up above.
The owner turned the bag over to two police officers who happened to be eating lunch there, and they found three white mice inside, police Superintendent Michael Chitwood said.
Police say the man then walked across the street to Uncle Nick's Pizza and dumped another bag into a trash can inside the establishment, and police found five live mice and one dead one inside.
"We have never had anything like this where mice have been used as an instrument of crime," Chitwood said.
"This is food terrorism by mice."
Nikolas Galiatsatos, 47, owner of Nina's Bella Pizzeria a few blocks away, faces charges of disorderly conduct, harassment and animal cruelty, police said.
Chitwood told reporters that investigators believe Galiatsatos was having mice problems himself that he blamed on his competitors.
"We believe that he's trying to put the competitive pizza places out of business," Chitwood said. He said the mice, apparently purchased that day at a nearby pet store, have been turned over to animal control officers.
Galiatsatos remained in custody and it was unclear whether he had an attorney. A call to his shop was referred to a man who said he was Galiatsatos' father but declined to give his name and declined to comment.
A 14-month-old girl who wandered away from her mother and grandmother spent several tense hours trapped inside a time-locked bank vault and authorities pumped fresh air through vents to the crying child until a locksmith freed her, police said.
The locksmith pried the toddler unharmed from the vault about four hours after she went missing while visiting a grandparent who worked at a Wells Fargo bank branch in the greater Atlanta suburb of Conyers. Authorities say police and firefighters couldn't free the toddler and feverishly summoned the locksmith after the child apparently strayed into the open vault as the bank was closing - before an employee shut the vault door for the day. Conyers Police Chief Gene Wilson told reporters it was a "very tense scene" as authorities stood by along with the relatives, and rescue workers pumped fresh air into vents leading to the vault. The child was spotted on security cameras inside the vault, which has a time-release lock. The locksmith used a large drill to breach the vault about four hours after it had been closed.
An 11-year-old Thai girl has insisted she is delighted to have been recognized by Guinness World Records as the planet's hairiest girl.
Supatra Sasuphan - nicknamed Nat - has been called "wolf girl" and "monkey face" for the thick hair that grows on her face, ears, arms, legs and back as a result of Ambras Syndrome.
But the Bangkok girl has not let that stand in her way, forming close friendships with other children and being embraced by her local community.
Now, she says the title has made her even more popular at school.
"I'm very happy to be in the Guinness World Records," she said.
"A lot of people have to do a lot to get in. All I did was answer a few questions and then they gave it to me."
There have only been 50 recorded cases of Ambras Syndrome since the Middle Ages and the symptoms of facial hair growth earned the sufferers reputations as werewolves.
"There were a few people who used to tease me and call me monkey face but they don't do it any more," Supatra explained.
Despite her condition, the bubbly pre-teen is like any other girl her age and enjoys dancing and swimming, as well as watching cartoons on television.
To be recognized by Guinness World Records, Supatra had her hair measured on Italian show Lo Show dei Record in Rome on 4 March 2010.
There is no cure for the syndrome and although doctors have tried different treatments to remove the hair, including laser therapy, it has always grown back.
The hair is thickening as she gets older, meaning Supatra's mother has to trim it to keep it out of her eyes.
But the happy 11 year old said she is used to the condition and it does not make her uncomfortable - although she would like to be cured one day.
Supatra has endured health problems since she was born and had difficulty breathing until two operations to enlarge her nostrils.