At a rural hospital in Australia, a doctor used a drill from the maintenance room to bore into a boy's head, which relieved the pressure on his brain following a biking injury.

The boy's parents say Dr. Rob Carson's actions saved their son's life. Nicholas Rossi celebrated his 13th birthday this week following his close call last Friday, the UPI reported.

Chanel, a dachshund, celebrated her 21st birthday with a party complete with cake Wednesday.

Her owners, Denice and Karl Shaugnessey, took her to Manhattan's Dog Hotel and Spa for the milestone birthday party, where they were presented with a certificate from a Guinness World Records official confirming Chanel's rank as oldest dog, England's The Daily Telegraph reported.

A confused teen opened a birthday present from his mom, only to find the Nintendo DS box stuffed with rocks and Chinese newspapers.

Tampa mom Jodi Wykle played a little birthday prank on her son, giving him the Guitar Hero game for Nintendo DS, even though he didn't have a DS yet. Next, she gave him another box, this one with a Nintendo DS in it-or so she thought.

Britain's Poet Laureate wishes he didn't write a rap to celebrate Prince William's 21st birthday. Andrew Motion - who steps down as royal writer on Thursday - is not happy with all of the rhymes he wrote while in office.

He said: "Overall, I think of them as left-handed poems written by a right-handed poet. Some of them don't work at all well. I tried to write something for Prince William's 21st birthday in the style of a rap, because I thought 'he's a young person and I'll do it in a kind of humorous way.'"

Britain's Queen Elizabeth celebrated her birthday with a credit crunch-friendly meal. The monarch - who turned 83 on Tuesday - shunned her usual lavish Buckingham Palace party in favor of an informal dinner at her son Prince Edward's house to show her subjects she understands the ongoing financial hardship the country is suffering.

A source told Britain's The Sun newspaper: "The queen was determined to keep this very low key by royal standards. There were just 18 in total and several didn't even drink."