Australian news reports the return of an 87-year-old man to his home after he beat off an intruder with a shoe.

Local reports say semi-retired horse trainer Johnny Oswin was attacked by a man who threatend him with a metal bar at his home in Mt Eliza, south of Melbourne. Oswin was able to fight him off suffering only minor cuts and bruises to his head and arms.

It's sounds like the plot from the Shawshank Redemption, L.A. Police are searching for an inmate they believe escaped through a hole he dug in his cell wall.

Reuters reports the robbery suspect managed to cut an opening in the wall of his cell and escape through a 15-by-9-inch hole in just an hour.

A man crashes into local Division of Motor Vehicles building, he was able to renew his license before police arrive on the scene. The driver was charged with driving under the influence after authorities found him to be under heavy medication. According to local police, the man drove his car over the sidewalk and into the DMV's wall, causing cosmetic damage to the building's metal siding. Those working on the other side of wall quickly informed DMV officials. According to witnesses inside, the man parked the vehicle, entered the building, took a number, and apologized for "tapping" the wall. No one was injured and the man was able to pay $20 and renew his license before police even arrived at the scene. Police accused the man of driving while impaired and charged him with driving under the influence. The driver was reportedly heavily medicated at the time.

At least they don't have to run along side a limo to do their jobs. The U.S. Secret Service is being charged with the duty of watching over the well being of a mother duck and her clutch of nine eggs located in a nest near the entrance to the Treasury Department. Various names are being suggested for the brown mallard, including "Duck Chaney" and "Quacks Reform". Metal rails are set up to guard the fowl and her nest from curious on-lookers and tourists who gather daily as they make their way to the White House. Officials including Treasury Secretary John Snow often stop by to check on the bird. The duck will be relocated near water after her eggs hatch, which is expected in about three weeks. Treasury Department spokesman Rob Nichols says "Foreign leaders, members of Congress, everybody who visits Treasury has to pass by the duck".