A 67-year-old, ginseng hunter, has found a nearly one-pound wild ginseng root in western Maryland. Local dealers and market reports said it is a rarity and could be worth thousands of dollars. It was the biggest lumpy tan root with multiple twisted arms the hunter has ever found in his 45-years of hunting ginseng. Roger Welch, from Kitzmiller said, "Every time I go out to dig for roots, I hope it's a big one. This one, all the dealers said they'd never seen one this size. Only one had even heard of one that big. "

Chubby and overweight animals in a South Korean zoo will be put on a diet after almost ten years of eating processed foods. Animals at the Seoul Grand Park zoo had been eating more than the normal amount of food intake per day so the animal management have decided to increase amount of their natural food intake and decrease the processed foods.

A solo physician flying a one-seat plane across Mississippi had the shock of his flying career when he discovered a gray rattle snake aboard. Dr. Ed Carruth noticed the reptile as it began "licking" his arm.

A Filipino fisherman who was lost at sea for 10 days, lived alone in an uninhabited island for three days, lived with inhabitants of another island for a month before being brought to Koror in Palau, was finally repatriated to the Philippines after a two month absence. The Philippine News Agency reported that Jonathan Tawameo, from the southern city of General Santos, went to fish alone on May 17. He left aboard a smaller boat, and when he went back to join a fishing fleet, it had already left.

A 20-year-old Syracuse woman accused of leaving four young children in the wild so she could pose for nude photos is facing charges of endangering the welfare of a child. The authorities were alerted of situation by a man, who was apparently fishing at the nearby creek, saw them crying. When officers reached the woods near Syracuse's Inner Harbor, the oldest girl, age 6, told them that "Aunt Michelle" went into the woods to take "nasty pictures. "