A 66-year-old man in Iowa Hill, Calif., got his leg pinned under a tree – so he amputated it with a pocketknife.

Al Hill was cutting trees in the woods last Friday when one landed on top of him. After spending 11 hours alone, he severed his leg below the knee.

A neighbor then spotted him and hiked two miles to get a cellular signal to call 911.

Hill remains in serious condition.

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Donald Stephens was mayor of Rosemont, Ill. for more than half a century, and now, just two months after his death, residents claim there is a likeness of his face on a 50-foot sycamore.

The tree was slated to be cut down twice, but each time Stephens intervened, leaving some to wonder whether the late mayor really is governing from beyond the grave.

“He told me, you screw things up, I’m gonna haunt you,” said new Mayor Bradley Stephens – Donald’s son.

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A drunken Maine man gave the town of Howland a huge scare when he started up a chainsaw and allegedly began to threaten motorists.

Lionel Dube Jr. was disarmed at gunpoint by state troopers after the chain had fallen off.

“It’s not a common occurrence for this sleepy little town,” said resident Gary Bragdon.

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Speaking of drunk, a tipsy Toronto man will just take a cab next time.

Self-proclaimed alcoholic Patrick Shanahan was convicted yesterday of driving his mother’s motorized wheelchair drunk after a night out at a pub and was fined $600, sentenced to 18 months probation and forbidden from operating any motorized vehicle.

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Some 1,200 of Poland’s troops assigned for NATO duty in Afghanistan will be delayed – because keys for training vehicles have vanished.

According to Poland’s Defense Ministry, the keys disappeared en route from Pakistan.

“We had not expected the spare car keys to go missing. We shall have to send away for spares, so it may take from several days to several weeks for our contingent to become combat ready,” a ministry spokesman said.