The Florida Marlins have cut the fat from their payroll and are planning on trimming the facial hair of players next. The team's new manager Joe Girardi wants his players to be clean shaven meaning no goatees, mustaches or beards when players begin reporting for spring training on Feb. 18.

A New York court found a man who bit off a chunk of his girlfriend's face guilty of assault on Thursday. Gareth Whyte, 27, of New Rochelle faces up to 25 years in prison for the incident on Mother's Day, reports The Associated Press

The lottery billed as the world's richest is bigger than ever this year, with prize money totaling $2. 4 billion. The Spanish Christmas sweepstakes is known as El Gordo, or the fat one. Winners will be announced this week in a three-hour televised ceremony with all of Spain watching. It's estimated that three out of every four Spaniards buy tickets. Instead of a single jackpot, El Gordo uses a system that results in thousands of winning numbers. Prizes range from a ticket's face value all the way up to the first prize. Though the event goes back to 1812, this year's version brings a big changes - most notably, first-prize winnings are 50 percent higher -- or about $360,000 each.

An appeals court has upheld the aggravated assault conviction of a 610-pound man who says the victim's injuries were at least partly the result of his weight, rather than an intent to cause harm. Patrick Macias of Post Falls was convicted in 2004 after Wendell Holder Jr. testified that he was drinking a long-neck bottle of beer when Macias tapped on his shoulder.