MAN ACCIDENTALLY SHOOTS SELF AT GUN SHOW: Police in Georgia have launched an investigation after a man attending a gun show in Savannah accidentally shot himself in the leg. The 26-year-old, whose name wasn't released, was reloading his pistol when he accidentally fired the weapon into his leg on Sunday (February 5th). He was taken to Memorial University Medical Center. (UPI)

GARAGE OPENERS STOP WORKING ON ENTIRE BLOCK: Several people living on the same block in St. Charles, Missouri said that their garage door openers stopped working at the same time at the end of December. One resident explained, "You'd see one of the neighbors pull up to the garage and get out of the car. Pretty soon we were asking each other, 'Are you having trouble with your garage door too?'" The residents have not been able to identify what caused the interference but a technician from the company that makes four out of five of the garage openers is investigating the problem this week. (CBS)

FIREFIGHTER RESCUES MAN IN ELEVATOR, GETS TRAPPED AGAIN: A Chicago firefighter who helped a man trapped in an elevator got stuck in another elevator after the rescue. Officials sent firefighters to Park Monroe Condominiums on Sunday night (February 5th) at 9:15 p.m. to help a man who was stuck in an elevator between the 21st and 22nd floors. One firefighter went up the adjoining elevator shaft and rescued the man in the stuck car by bringing him through the ceiling hatch into a second elevator which also got stuck. Firefighters had to rescue their colleague and the man by using a third elevator. (Chicago Tribune)

MAN FINED FOR STARTING POLICE CHASE FOR FUN: A man in Montana told officers that he started a police chase because he always wanted to be involved in one. Early on Thursday morning (February 1st), John Hughes followed a patrol car in his SUV before turning around and speeding off at 70 miles per hour. Hughes drove 100 miles per hour during the chase that ensued. Officers eventually stopped him by laying out a spike strip to flatten his tires. A police report indicates that when officers asked Hughes why he started the chase, he said, "I just always wanted to do that." He was fined $1,000. (Washington Post)