Nearly 11,000 Filipino school children attempted to break a world record for brushing their teeth at the same time. Organizers said they are also trying to turn around the high incidence of tooth decay in the Philippines.

An appeals court has upheld the aggravated assault conviction of a 610-pound man who says the victim's injuries were at least partly the result of his weight, rather than an intent to cause harm. Patrick Macias of Post Falls was convicted in 2004 after Wendell Holder Jr. testified that he was drinking a long-neck bottle of beer when Macias tapped on his shoulder.

Sam, the dog who earned the undisputed title as the world's ugliest dog for years, has died. The pup with the hairless body, crooked teeth and sparse tuft of hair on his knobby and knotty head died on Friday, just shy of his 15th birthday, according to his owner, Susie Lockheed. "I don't think there'll ever be another Sam," she says, "Some people would think that's a good thing. "Sam became an international celebrity after winning the ugliest animal contest at the 2003 Sonoma-Marin Fair in California.

One South Florida dentist is hoping a special holiday incentive will help attract patients to come have their teeth cleaned. WPLG-TV

Hookah smoking, the latest alternative habit to cigarette smoking, is found to be more harmful users' health then originally thought. A new study in the November issue of the Journal of Periodontology finds hookah smoking is just as bad, and in some cases worse, than cigarette smoking for users' teeth.