A 77-year-old father and grandfather in Concord, New Hampshire is being inundated with calls from people who think he is Brad Pitt. Retired teacher Richard Perkins, father of three and grandfather of three, doesn't have a clue how his phone number was posted on the Web Site Students of the World as Brad Pitt's number. The Web site belongs to six French teenagers who share numbers of their favorite celebrities.

An Israeli man found a French kiss of his girlfriend a bit too hard when she bit off part of his tongue Thursday. The man got the tongue reattached at the Nahariya Hospital.

A French train broke the world speed record Tuesday for conventional rail trains when it roared along at more than 350 mph, just a few points behind the Japanese magnetically levitated train. France's TGV, with a 25,000-horsepower engine and special wheels, reached 357. 2 mph as against Japan's 361. The black and chrome V150 with three double-decker cars surpassed the record of 320. 2 mph (515. 3 kph) set in 1990 by another French train. Engineers attributed the two supercharged locomotives and extra-large wheels for the speed.

In order to win a bet that he would marry before he turns 42, Russian billionaire bon vivant Mikhail Prokhorov plans to spend $10 million on his wedding to a woman he has never met. According to the Russian media, the lavish wedding ceremony with 700 guests would be held in the Maldives on his 42nd birthday, which falls on May 3. Organizers of the wedding say that Prokhorov is not aware which girl he is marrying.

Archaeologists say a shipwreck believed to have belonged to the pirate Blackbeard will be fully excavated in three years. The shipwreck is off the coast of North Carolina and is thought to have sunk there in 1718. Archaeologists researching the site have recovered numerous artifacts, including cannons, jewelry, dishes and other items. The artifacts are being preserved at East Carolina University.