While the world is inundated with problems of population explosion, a state in Germany is facing a sudden rise in the population of pigs. The population of pigs has reportedly overshot the number of people residing in the state of Lower Saxony, the pig capital of pork-loving Germany. For the first time in a span of 20 years, the number of swine hit 8. 02 million in 2006, as good prices led to increased herd numbers, the state farmers' association said Thursday.

A headbutt by a horse has proved a blessing in disguise for a New York State racetrack security guard after he regained his lost eyesight. Don Karkos, who lost the sight in his right eye in a World War II explosion, got much of it back when a horse butted him with its head.

A dog which accidentally tripped a live power cable, caused some 148 homes in Middlestone Moor, County Durham in England to lose electricity for five hours. It was said that when Bailey, a Straffordshire bull terrier, urinated against a faulty pylon, "There was an almighty explosion and the whole street lit up. I turned round and the dog was on fire," reported his owner, Gary Davies.

A man from Makkum, Holland has kept old World War II hand grenades on his mantelpieces and used them as house ornaments without realizing they were dangerous. Heimen van der Wal, said he discovered the grenades while he was playing in the woods near Arnhem, Holland as a child. He said he kept the grenades on his mantelpiece for decades.

A high school science teacher is facing charges after police say she broke into a century-old funeral vault and even had two students hold the bones while she took pictures. Candace Longworth, 31, is facing a felony charge of disturbing and defiling a dead person from a place of burial and two misdemeanor counts of contributing to the delinquency of a minor. The teenagers were charged as juveniles.