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Do you and one friend need to go anywhere — right now? You'll need the Sherp ATV. It's a two-passenger, diesel-powered wilderness-squasher with patented self-inflating tires. With those massive chunks of rubber at each corner, and nearly encompassing the entire side of the truck, the Sherp can easily roll over obstacles as big as 27.5 inches tall. Although it has a small 1.5-liter diesel engine that produces a minuscule 44 horsepower, the Sherp weighs about as much as a Toyota Corolla, so it's just enough to get it up to its 28 mph top speed on land. On water it'll...

CARMEL, N.Y. --A 72-year-old man feared for his life after his dog overturned his small boat - but the springer spaniel made up for it by swimming 400 yards to shore to fetch help. Al Lotrecchiano was fishing on Lake Gilead on Wednesday and had just caught what he said was the largest bass in his life. As he was throwing the fish back in the water, the dog put its paw on the side of the boat, flipping it over. "My life flashed before me," Lotrecchiano recalled Thursday. Lotrecchiano started swimming to shore but, figuring he'd never make it,...