Gillette, WY (AHN) - Hearing that jobs pay better in Wyoming, a Minnesota man traveled 1,500 miles by mule - actually, two of them. After losing his driver's license 10 years ago because of a hit and run, and spending time in jail for nonpayment of child support, Rod Maday had no choice but to ride his mule "into town" to look for work.

After losing his driver's license 10 years ago because of involvement in a hit and run, an employed man had no choice but to ride his mule into town looking for work. Rod Maday claims to have traveled 45 days in the summer heat from his home town of Boy River, Minn. to Gillette, Wyo. on his 4-year-old mule.

Patients at a medical clinic were shocked to see a new patient Friday morning, when a hungry, young black bear walked in through an automatic door; without disturbing anyone. The 125-pound male bear who was probably hungry from a winter of hibernation, wandered into the Presbyterian Medical Group gastroenterology laboratory, a relatively aloof building off one the main drags in Rio Rancho, north of Albuquerque in the early morning hours.

Raindrops can fall at 20 miles per hour causing what is called "splash erosion" of soil. Soil erosion caused by rain is a major problem that costs businesses, individuals and governments money every year. In agriculture alone water erosion causes an estimated $27 billion in on-site losses, and frequently causes economic losses downstream as well.

The governor of Tora Bora in Afghanistan is planning to convert the famous secret caves hideout of top al-Qaeda terrorist Osama Bin Laden, into a $10 million resort. According to The Sun newspaper, former warlord Gul Agha Sherazi, now a local governor in the region, has convinced investors to put up hotels and restaurants on mountains overlooking Bin Laden's Tora Bora refuge.