A four-year-old boy changed into his Power Ranger costume to defend his family from armed robbers who broke into their home in Durham, North Carolina, it was reported. The News and Observer reported on Friday that two armed robbers entered the home of Stevie Long, 4, by approaching his mother's boyfriend outside of their apartment. The robbers then pushed the boy into the apartment together with his mother Jennifer Long, her five-year-old daughter Mary, a cousin and two others, then pushed them to the floor at gunpoint.

Citizens are calling for a teacher in Florida to be fired after she stuffed the ballot box in a High School election to elect her niece homecoming queen. According to an editorial in the St. Petersburg Times, "Sharion Thurman, a 20-year Gibbs High School teacher, entered an office conference room on Sept. 28 carrying a box filled with ballots marked for her niece. . . A new election had to be held, revealing that Thurman had deposited more than 500 falsified ballots. "

Authorities at a Lexington County School have suspended a kindergartner for possessing a weapon on school grounds. The five-year-old was taken to the school office after he was spotted using a folding pocket knife to open his pre-packaged lunch. The student never threatened anyone at the school, and officials believe he was unaware he did anything wrong, Mary Beth Hill, spokeswoman for Lexington County School District 1 tells the Associated Press.

An American woman from Denver, Colorado has been hailed a hero after catching a baby which had fallen from the third floor balcony of an apartment. Police said that Mary Bussey and her son Brandon, were on their way to attend a junior football game in Denver, Colorado when the cries of a baby caught their attention.

A northeast Iowa man who submitted a fake obituary to a newspaper was sentenced to jail. James Snyder had been accused with writing the false obituary for his girlfriend's 17-year-old son last December to be excused from work.