Reuters - "Darke County Dave," a local hog, will opine -- or oswine -- on America's economic outlook on Friday, the Ohio treasurer's office said.

With the Super Bowl around the corner, you'll probably be eating chips and dip.

AP - A proposal to make walking the official exercise of Maryland could get the boot — again. A bill sponsored by Sen. Verna Jones was introduced Thursday, but some lawmakers question what makes the activity so special to Maryland. A previous attempt at the designation was vetoed several years ago by then-Gov. Robert Ehrlich.

AP - German police have charged a robbery suspect after matching his DNA to that found on a piece of salami spat out at a crime scene.

Reuters - Stuck on snow-clogged highways for days and subsisting on instant noodles, some of the thousands of people stranded in cars and trucks in southern China have one less reason to complain -- they do not have to pay road tolls.

A German airline is offering their customers something a little different. For $740, passengers will be able to fly in the buff!

Reuters - Retired hospital porter Steve Smith, who is suffering from a potentially fatal heart defect, won almost 19 million pounds ($38 million) on Britain's National Lottery -- but said he would give it all up if he could spend a few more years living with his wife Ida.

A 300-year-old vase at a stately home in York yields a secret list of decorating ingredients.

Reuters - Tourists coming to Britain often rave about drinking in traditional English pubs. Now they've got another type to choose from -- the traditional Polish pub.

Reuters - The Dutch interior minister wants police officials to stop using soft drugs when they are off-duty as it tarnishes the image of the force.

Cody Young parked his bike in the wrong place at the Goodwill store, where the rule is that anything on the floor goes.

A significant drop in the number of hunters in West Virginia has left a hole in the state's budget, and one lawmaker thinks he has a solution: Allow children to receive hunter training in school.

Reuters - A team of experts has unearthed an 800-year-old cellar under a central Berlin car park which they say dates the city back to the 12th century, earlier than previously thought.

Reuters - The Dutch interior minister wants police officials to stop using soft drugs when they are off-duty as it tarnishes the image of the force.

Reuters - German authorities were able to pin a burglary committed in April on a suspected serial thief after he left a half-eaten slice of salami carrying a sliver of his DNA at a crime scene, police said on Thursday.

The woman whose home , barn and garage were crammed with more than 200 ferrets and carcasses said Wednesday that she was running a ferret rescue shelter that got out of control. Authorities on Wednesday charged Elaine Carole McCraig of the 200 block of N .

A high school wrestling coach accused of biting a wrestler in the leg has agreed to resign rather than face possible criminal charges, police said. Mike Marshall bit the Central Cambria High School wrestler at practice on Jan. 21, Cambria Township police Officer James McGough said.

A veteran detective was hit with stunning charges yesterday, accused of pimping out a 13-year-old runaway in Queens, authorities said. Det.

Crocodile takes up residence in lake on the 14th hole. Sadly, the prospect of golfers actually being eaten seems small.  

You know how it is - after you've broken your hip wrestling your best friend in jelly, you just want to sue someone.