An adopted son was reunited with his birth mother after he discovered that they had been working in the same store for several months. Steve Flaig, a 22-year old truck driver at a Lowe's store discovered after years of searching that 45-year old Chris Tallady, his mother, had been working as the head cashier at the same store - the woman that for several months he only knew as Chris.

A middle school coach was arrested and charged for leading a group of players into manipulating Christmas displays to depict images of a pornographic nature. John Hayes, 46, while driving around in his pickup truck with middle school varsity football team at the back, allegedly placed a homeowner's reindeer displays in sexual positions. The group also destroyed several Christmas decorations they came across.

The famed Oktoberfest in Europe is long over but beer continues to be in very high demand in Ireland - so much so that thieves stole on Wednesday 450 full kegs of beer from the Guinness brewery. The bandit hauled away 180 kegs of Guinness stout, 90 kegs of Danish beer Carlsberg and 180 kegs of U. S. lager Budweiser, said to be the largest heist in the 248-year history of Ireland's largest brewer.

A farmer who got his hand stuck in a rusty corn harvester cut off his own arm with a pocketknife to save himself from being burned when the machine caught fire. Describing the September incident on NBC's "Today Show," Sampson Parker said that he had taken off the glove of his right hand and reached into the machine to remove a corn-stalk when his hand got stuck.

A two-week-old piglet was found in a truck filled with toilet paper rolls to be delivered in Derbyshire, England. The animal was discovered by staff who were unloading the delivery vehicle. Upon discovery, the piglet was taken to the Radcliffe-on-Trent Animal Shelter, where it is now being treated for a few minor cuts and bruises. Although there is no definite explanation as to how the piglet got onto the delivery truck, the shelter said it might have been part of a prank.