In the world where everyone is striving hard to retain their youth, 30-year-old Gao Xiang, wishes he could escape his Peter Pan life and grow old. Gao stopped growing at 12 years old, after narrowly surviving a severe childhood illness. He was 1. 5 m high and weighed 40 kg, reports Xinhua news agency.

A Floyd County ordinance in Kentucky could strip an Appalachian family of its pet lion by Friday. The Collins family owns a more than 400 pound lion which the family considers "kitty. " To some neighbors of this family, the animal is a source of menace.

Japan (AHN)- Japanese convenience store operator Seven-Eleven Japan announces it will make an entry into the rapidly expanding oxygen market, and begin selling cans of oxygen on May 24.

Baylor University in Waco, Texas, which bills itself as the world's largest Baptist college, has threatened to discipline female students if they pose for Playboy magazine, which is trying to recruit models from the college. Playboy photographers came to Baylor's hometown seeking models for a photo spread on women of the Big 12 college athletic conference, of which the college is a member.

San Antonio, TX (AHN)-After a firestorm of protests from the public, a controversial Texas program to send undercover agents into bars to arrest drunks has been halted.