With more Americans resorting to various backyard business options to boost their income, a Boston community is considering regulating garage sales as local officials noticed a rise in number of yard sales in Weymouth. Similar moves have been made in other U. S. towns. A 2007 ordinance allows Weymouth residents to hold garage sales without a need to secure a permit from the local government unit. But it limited yard sales to just three days per year for an address. For the fourth garage sales, a $2 permit must be secured by the home owner, while those who violate the ordinance would receive a written warning on first offense and be slapped a $100 fine for second offense.

Cyberbullying is on the rise with methods becoming meaner, including posting photos and videos on social networking websites. A report by the University of New Hampshire's Crimes Against Children Research Center said the number of young Americans between the ages 10 to 17 who experienced online harassment has gone up by 50 percent from 2000 to 2005.

In a stark contrast of outcomes, two men who attempted to fly hundreds of miles on lawn chairs tied to helium balloons have landed. An Oregon man, Kent Couch, 48, successfully flew from his home more than 200 miles into Idaho Saturday, landing safely in a field and welcomed by excited towns people.

Twins born on Tuesday may be the heaviest set of twins ever born in North Carolina. Sean William, 10 pounds, 14 ounces, and Abigail Rose, 12 pounds, 3 ounces were born at Forsyth Medical Center's Sara Lee Center for Women's Health here. The twins, with a combined weight of 23 pounds, 1 ounce, may claim the title of the heaviest set of twins ever born in North Carolina.

rin Maynard gave birth to twins Sean William, 10 pounds, 14 ounces, and Abigail Rose, 12 pounds, 3 ounces at Forsyth Medical Center's Sara Lee Center for Women's Health Tuesday. The twins, with a combined weight of 23 pounds, 1 ounce, may claim the title of the heaviest set of twins ever born in North Carolina. The twins, delivered by Cesarean section two minutes apart, were born to Joey and Erin Maynard and are both in excellent health. The scale-topping twins may also turn out to be the second heaviest set of twins born in the entire U. S. in the last century.