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What's the most embarrassing thing you could imagine doing with a can of condensed milk? How about having to ask a doctor to remove it from your rectum - because you stuck it there in a misguided stab at self-stimulation? Sounds like fiction, but it happened in real life. CBS News has the X-ray to prove it. And it's not the only shocking X-ray out there. From screwdrivers in the skull to children impaled on car antennas or with pins caught in their throats, doctors come across some pretty amazing images. This batch has been generously provided by Dr. Tim...

I am not usually found at bars during the day, though the state of the Republican Party would justify it. But here I was at a bar talking to this fox — I mean an actual fox, with fluffy tail and whiskers. It turns out that, in the online world of Second Life, many people prefer to take the shape of anthropomorphic animals called "furries," and this one is in a virtual bar talking about her frustrating job at a New York publishing house. But for all I know, she could be a man in outback Montana with a computer,...

KDKA) PITTSBURGH Have you seen anything furry lately? Large, furry animals have converged in downtown pittsburgh. They're here for "Anthrocon 2006". Anthrocon's chairman says, to put it simply, this is a gathering of cartoon-animal-loving fans. Sam Conway says Americans love their animals and "furries" are just people who go to great lengths to show it. Many dress up in full costume and assume the full personality of their "animal." The furries are making history this weekend. “This is the largest anthropomorphis convention in the world,” said Conway. “We have a little more than 2,500 people so far and we still...

MICHAEL S. WIRTZ / Inquirer Staff Photographer Sam Conway, chairman of Anthrocon 2002, talks with fox Laura Lyle. Conway, who lives in Malvern, is a chemist. Sam Conway of Malvern insists the convention he's running this weekend at the Adam's Mark Hotel here on humdrum City Avenue is not at all weird.Nearly 1,100 grown men and women dressed head to toe in furry fox and wolf costumes are shopping for comic books and compact discs and he says that's to be expected."We're no different from a convention of model train enthusiasts," Conway insists.You be the judge.Conway is showing us...