After fighting off a disgruntled, angry reindeer and escaping with injuries, amateur European zookeeper's learn, following the incident, they may have used excessive force. They are currently under investigation for animal cruelty. Clearly, the reindeer has a case, confined for no other reason than people's amusement, and deserves to be set free in an environment without humans controlling their very existence.

ST. GALLEN, Switzerland (AP) -- A Swiss court has slapped a wealthy speeder with a chalet-sized fine - a full $290,000.

Judges at the cantonal court in St. Gallen, in eastern Switzerland, based the record-breaking fine on the speeder's estimated wealth of over $20 million.

SOUTHAMPTON, England (UPI) -- British firefighters called to a hospital said they spent 30 minutes using a metal grinder to free a man's penis from a steel pipe.

EVANS, Colo. (UPI) -- Police in Colorado said a man who broke into a house with a friend found himself under arrest when his own children were inside and recognized him.