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Most days, Moko the bottlenosed dolphin swims playfully with humans at a New Zealand beach. But this week, it seems, Moko found his mojo. Witnesses described Wednesday how they saw the dolphin swim up to two stranded whales and guide them to safety.

WELLINGTON, New Zealand - Most days, Moko the bottlenosed dolphin swims playfully with humans at a New Zealand beach. But this week, it seems, Moko found his mojo. Witnesses described Wednesday how they saw the dolphin swim up to two stranded whales and guide them to safety.

Before Moko arrived, rescue workers had been working for more than an hour to get two pygmy sperm whales, a mother and her calf, back out to sea after they were stranded Monday off Mahia Beach, said Conservation Department worker Malcolm Smith.

College presidents from about 100 of the best-known U.S. universities, including Duke, Dartmouth and Ohio State, are calling on lawmakers to consider lowering the drinking age from 21 to 18, saying current laws actually encourage dangerous binge drinking on campus.

An 88-year-old man is offering $14 an hour for an unusual twice-a-week job -- drinking buddy at a Winsor, England, pub.

A legally blind mountaineer has climbed Mount Hood, making it to the top. With the help of his guide dog, Rasha, and his best friend, Diego Joven, John Wimmer, 37, has already conquered about a half dozen mountains across the western United States.

A MAN who went on a 17-day drugs binge before attacking a man with a machete during a home invasion was yesterday jailed for up to 11 years.

A Whitehaven, England, man said he was fined $450 after his garbage bin was found to be overfilled by four inches.

A 39-year-old woman who told police she couldn't find her small children following a four-day crack binge is facing two felony child neglect charges, according to an arrest affidavit released Tuesday.

English is close to adding its 1 millionth word to the language with well over 1 billion speakers worldwide, experts say.