Literally turn your back on traditional running. Backward running is the way to move forward with experts saying it burns more calories, increases balance, hearing and peripheral vision. CNN reports that backward walking and running dates back to the 1970s, when runners practiced it while injured. Doctors later recommended it as part of physical therapy and it's often used by baseball pitchers or track runners in preliminary warm-ups.

Each morning, Joe Connor climbs into his Mercedes and goes looking for two things: baseball and vegetable oil. His car is an '84. But this is no ordinary car; it's a "green" vehicle. It has nine sponsors and runs on a two tank system.

A school in Sweden won't allow book borrowing to pupils who enter the library with their underwear showing. Students at Tullbro School in Falkenberg don't have to don a uniform yet librarians are putting their foot down when it comes to some teenage fashions.

A bank robber in suburban Chicago is being called the "Harry Caray bandit. " Police in Palos Heights say the man who robbed a bank wore big glasses reminiscent of the ones worn by the iconic Chicago Cubs announcer.

A teacher in Japan apologizes for viewing a baseball game against rival South Korea during class. Reuters reports that fans from both countries watched the World Baseball Classic game last week, which South Korea won 2-1.