http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/?track=rss Headlines from baltimoresun.com en ©2012, baltimoresun.com Wed, 22 Feb 2012 12:47:00 -0500 BINAJ GURUBACHARYA http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/sns-bc-as--nepal-shortestman,0,5319034.story?track=rss KATMANDU, Nepal (AP) — He has never worked outside the home or seen a doctor, and until Wednesday, he had never left his remote mountain village in western Nepal. So 72-year-old Chandra Bahadur Dangi only recently learned he might be the world's shortest man. Wed, 22 Feb 2012 12:47:00 EST By Associated Press http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/sns-bc-us-odd--bidenvisit-misspelling,0,6558721.story?track=rss PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — The vice president is hitting the road — to what the White House wrote as "Road Island," mistakenly spelled R-O-A-D instead of R-H-O-D-E. Tue, 21 Feb 2012 17:05:00 EST By Associated Press http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/sns-bc-us-odd--donatedpiano-gunfound,0,7337062.story?track=rss PITTSFIELD TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) — Police say an unloaded gun has been found inside a piano that was donated to a southeast Michigan nursing home years ago. Tue, 21 Feb 2012 16:21:00 EST By Associated Press http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/sns-bc-us-odd--blackjackleadstoarrest,0,1123848.story?track=rss ALTOONA, Pa. (AP) — A man accused of dealing drugs had his luck run out when he won $2,500 playing blackjack at a casino near Philadelphia. Tue, 21 Feb 2012 16:20:00 EST By Associated Press http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/sns-bc-us-odd--penstabbing,0,5936337.story?track=rss KENNESAW, Ga. (AP) — Georgia authorities say a commuter bus driver is recovering after being stabbed repeatedly with a pen when he tried to break up a fight between passengers that involved a dispute over a cell phone. Tue, 21 Feb 2012 05:40:00 EST By Associated Press http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/sns-bc-us-odd--pumpkinthefttrial,0,326959.story?track=rss ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — A 23-year-old college student from New Mexico is scheduled to go to trial for allegedly stealing a small pumpkin worth two dollars. Sun, 19 Feb 2012 16:17:00 EST By Associated Press http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/sns-bc-us-odd--waywardemu,0,1613247.story?track=rss SOUTH HERO, Vt. (AP) — An elusive emu on the lam in Vermont has been amusing residents in communities on Lake Champlain. Sat, 18 Feb 2012 14:49:00 EST By Associated Press http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/sns-ap-lt-odd-paraguay-jailbreak-dog,0,4945528.story?track=rss ASUNCION, Paraguay (AP) — A stray dog is getting credit for thwarting a prison break in Paraguay. Fri, 17 Feb 2012 15:40:00 EST By Associated Press http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/sns-bc-us-odd--familymethring,0,3519698.story?track=rss CROSS CITY, Fla. (AP) — It's a generational thing: Deputies in Florida say a man, his daughter and his grandson, along with a fourth person said to be a family relative, are accused of working together to manufacture methamphetamine. Fri, 17 Feb 2012 08:49:00 EST By Associated Press http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/sns-bc-us-odd--police-pigprank,0,3971529.story?track=rss MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) — Female prison inmates are to blame for a prank that put the image of a pig in a decal on the doors of some Vermont state police cruisers. Thu, 16 Feb 2012 18:44:00 EST