A man who hoped to land in the record book for netting what was thought to be the biggest salmon caught off British waters went home disappointed, because there was no scale to weigh his catch. According to a local paper, the giant fish measured 56 inches long, 50 inches round and could have been more than 64 lbs enough to break the 85-year old record set by Georgina Ballantyne in 1922 with a fish she hooked in Perthshire.

Saying he just wants to help her prepare to achieve her dream of someday swimming across the English Channel, a father tied his daughter's hands and feet and watched her swim in a chilly southern China river for three hours Tuesday. In an interview, Huang Daosheng said her daughter, Huang Li, 10, swam more than a mile in the Xiang River on Tuesday, traveling with the current.

A man who lost his leg twice, first when it was amputated, and second when all his possession were auctioned, has formally started his battle of trying to reclaim his parted limb from a man who bought his amputated leg at an auction. His leg was reportedly in his barbecue smoker when it was sold. The Daily Telegraph reported that John Wood's leg, which was amputated after a plane crash in 2004, is now the subject of a tug-of-war between him and Shannon Whisnant, the man who bought the barbecue smoker with the amputated leg.

A slot machine installed at a video lottery terminal at Twin River casino in Rhode Island was a dream come true for gamblers. It gave out twice the amount of money as they had inserted. The malfunctioning machine, supplied by the company Gtech, paid out a whooping $450,115 during two months since its installation in May. A faulty feature allowed patrons to get credit for double the amount of money they put in, with a maximum of a $100 credit for a $50 bill.

A Malaysian mother is ready to face new challenges following her graduation on Saturday. Cecilia Ong See Kiaw, a 56-year-old retiree is the oldest student who graduated among the 1,562 graduates at the University Malaysia Sarawak, in Malaysia According to Ong, there is no age limit if a person wants to attain and pursue higher education as long as one is persistent.