A man from Werben village in Germany has climbed a 72-foot pole in protest of his being convicted of a laptop fraud and 15 months in prison. Fred Gregor, father of five children, is scheduled to begin his 15-month prison sentence on March 1.

"I've been unfairly judged", the 45-year-old said from his perch through a telephone. "I want a new hearing." Gregor was convicted of fraud last May after a man reported that he sold him a laptop computer online, but when he received the mail it contained only sand.

A Portuguese man who has no family, left his fortune to 70 individuals he randomly selected from a public phone book.

The man, identified as Luis da Camara wrote his will at the age of 29 and chose his "heir" by selecting names he randomly picked out from the Lisbon telephone directory.

A mechanic says he was driving a Porsche back to its owner when he swerved to avoid a truck and smashed head-first into a telephone pole.

Mechanic Chris Numme says he destroyed the $500,000 limited edition Porsche Carrera GT after doing minor body work on the vehicle.

Imagine waiting in line for a Sony camcorder and bringing it home only to find a jar of pasta sauce in the box.

This is what a St. Louis couple claimed happened to them after purchasing what they thought was a camcorder at a Best Buy store outside of St. Louis.

When David Voight, a Neenah city sanitation worker, found $1,900 in an envelope while combing through a city scrap heap, he honestly handed over the cash to police. At that time, Voight was told that he had to wait 90 days for the owner to come forward, in absence of which he would get the money. However, city officials are now disputing whether the money is Voight's.

"It's been very hard on me for being honest and then being told that because you're honest we're going to pat you on the back and take your money," David Voight told the AP in a telephone interview Sunday night.