A man attempting to break a Guinness World Record of most distance crawled had to stop after a few hours due to bleeding knees and sore knuckles. Forty-eight year-old shipping and receiving clerk Tim James explained that the feat was intended for him to be able to leave "a nice little legacy for my ancestors to come across. "

Attending the key Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit in Sydney, U. S. President George Bush has confused the name of the meeting with OPEC (Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries). The president made the slip in a speech to a group of business leaders. President Bush was on stage at the Sydney Opera House when he thanked Australian Prime Minister John Howard for his kind introduction and also for being such a good host for the "OPEC" summit.

A Pasco County man, who fled the accident scene soon after his van crashed into the lawn, was recognized by the shoe that he left behind. The accident took place at 1:34 a. m. about 100 miles west of Walt Disney World's Magic Kingdom when a Ford van smashed into the bathroom of a house in suburban Holiday. However, the van's driver immediately fled from their front lawn, leaving a shoe behind. Residents Sandy McCombie and her fiance Michael Toth called the Florida Highway Patrol to investigate the matter.

Sick of the ever increasing amount of dog poop on the roads and parks, a bunch of preschoolers in Malmo, Sweden, have begun a neighborhood protest against it. On Wednesday, the young protestors marched on the streets in an attempt to force dog owners to scoop the poop.

A survey by a hotel chain has found that many men admit they like sleeping with teddy bears, with more saying they would prefer to do the same with actress Angelina Jolie. The surprising results came in when Travelodge hotel chain surveyed 2,000 men and found more men than women used the stuffed animals as sleep aids. However Angelina Jolie was the hot favorite among male respondents' wish-list of cuddling partners.