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Man stuck in vent for two days

A young man was rescued after being stuck in an abandoned restaurant's grease vent for two days.

Alameda County Sheriff's Office wrote in a Facebook post that the man - who was physically exhausted and suffering from dehydration - "would not have survived another day given the circumstances."

The officers were called to a disused Chinese restaurant in San Lorenzo, around 25 miles east of San Francisco and reported a "faint voice calling for help," according to Sergeant Ray Kelly.

They used a ladder to reach the roof vent on top of the restaurant and found the 29-year-old stuck in a sheet metal grease duct running from the roof to the kitchen.

It took firefighters up to an hour to free the man who was trapped in the chute.

He was taken to a local hospital for treatment and is expected to make a full recovery.

A decision will be made later if he will face prosecution.

A man accidentally shot himself in the head with a nail gun as he fell off a ladder.

After he shot himself, the Kansas man was able to walk to the site of a traffic accident to ask law enforcement for help.

Sedgwick County Sheriff's Lieutenant Tim Myers says the man was in critical condition after the accident last Wednesday morning in Derby, 10 miles south of Wichita.

The Wichita Eagle reports that Myers said that his deputies and a Derby police officer told him that the man was renovating a house when he slipped off a ladder with the nail gun in his hands.

When he landed, the nail gun hit him in the back of the head and the man "inadvertently pulled the trigger with his finger."

A passenger arriving into New York through John F Kennedy International Airport hid 70 live birds in hair rollers.

US customs and Border Protection stopped a passenger arriving from Guyana who was carrying a suspicious black duffel bag.

The finches were detained under quarantine and given to the US Department of Agriculture Veterinary Services.

US Customs and Border Protection director of field operations in New York Troy Miller said the team's agriculture specialists at the airport were the first line of defence against introduced animal diseases.

The New York Times reports that officials believe the birds were brought to the US to participate in singing contests.