A prisoner in Australia didn't dig, or bust his way out of prison. He made his escape by losing so much weight, he was able to squeeze though a hole he made in a brick wall. Reuters reports Robert Cole was in the Sydney jail for stealing and assault. He lost around 30-pounds so he could slip through the hole next to a window in the hospital of the maximum security prison.

Police report a man had something up his sleeve, it wound up being $10,000 in stolen cash. John Howard, 36, was arrested after police found the loot in his sleeve, money allegedly stolen from a Long Island post office, authorities said Wednesday. Police stopped Howard on Tuesday after he was seen behaving strangely on a street. According to police, Howard was disheveled and had a big bulge sticking out from his left sleeve.

An 11-year-old boy was left with only a headache two days after a pickup truck ran over his head. Cameron Schuette says Tuesday, "All I remember about it was that when the truck ran over my head, I could hear my bones crack. "

More than 51 million drivers are expected to hit the roads this holiday season, a 1. 7 percent increase from last year. And although gasoline prices are up, transportation analysts expect record traffic on the nation's highways and airports as Christmas approaches. In many states, like Massachusetts, police will crack down on holiday drunks behind the wheel.