After making a help plea on the national television in January, then 1,235 pound Manuel Uribe has finally shed 200 pounds. The Mexican aims to lose other 770 pounds.

According to the AP, being bed-ridden by his weight for five years, the 41-year-old mechanic in the northern industrial city of Monterrey, made a desperate plea for help on the Televisa television network in January.

Ecuador is pulling out all the strings ahead of their World Cup clash against England - this time by reportedly having a witch doctor cast a spell on the team.

According to Ananova.com, the South Americans have hired Tzamarenda Naychapi, an Ecuadorian Indian who is known for using magic to control events.

Nearly two dozen police officers were led on a 3.5 mile wild chase by a cow that was being delivered to the slaughterhouse.

Masashi Kitabayashi, a police official, said, "The cow was being delivered to the slaughterhouse, and it was startled by a loud sound and just ran off."

Sheriff's deputies killed a cow that wandered into traffic near a shopping mall by repeatedly shocking it with a stun gun.

The animal had escaped Wednesday from a field near the mall and eventually trotted onto a freeway ramp.