Anti-war activist Cindy Sheehan told supporters at a peace forum Saturday that troops would get out of Iraq if millions of U. S. citizens took the simple step that she did outside President Bush's vacation home last summer. "Anybody could do what we did in Crawford, Texas. We just went down and sat down,'' Sheehan told the crowd of several hundred people, with Academy Award-winning actor Sean Penn in the front row. Sheehan, whose 24-year-old soldier son died in Iraq, attracted hundreds of anti-war protesters to her makeshift camp near Bush's ranch in August.

Cincinnati, OH - Roto-Rooter surveyed its field technicians to find the strangest items recovered from pipes, toilets and trenches over the past year, the following top the "unusual" list for 2005.

A London family heirloom that was stolen nearly 20 years ago has been found on an Australian beach. Queensland state police handed the George Cross war medal over to the British Consulate on Thursday. It was found on a beach in Queensland state in February.

Authorities stumble on a grenade in a golf cart in St. Johns County. St. Johns County Sheriff's Office spokesman Kevin Kelshaw says that investigators don't know why the grenade was in the cart.

Peter Kaufman, who writes about the Alaskan canneries in which he previously worked in during the 70's Vividly captures the mood of that era, in her new book "Barometer's Shadow. " Barometer's Shadow, published by Silvercrest captures a time when protesters burned bras or draft cards and thousands of war veterans came home in thick clouds of marijuana smoke as the lingering specter of Vietnam systematically tore most of the country apart.