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Doctors are treating a New Zealand man who is in danger of losing a hand grafted onto his arm 18 months ago in the world's first hand transplant.

Clint Hallam is being given drugs to combat rejection of the hand transplant. He made international headlines in September 1998 when a team of surgeons in Lyon, France, grafted the hand of a 41-year-old motorcyclist on to his forearm in a 13-hour operation. Last year, Hallam said he hoped one day to learn to play the piano. He already was performing simple tasks with the hand such as holding a cup of coffee and swimming. Maybe he could stop the rejection if he would get on a bike and make the hand feel more at home.

Electric scooters have been winning over new fans daily, some as far away as Kragero, Norway, where the city council has considered making their town ''ZAPPY-friendly.'' The ZAPPY is a folding electric scooter that's ridden while standing.

First introduced in 1998, ZAP has delivered more than 20,000 of these electric scooters to commuters and thrill-seekers all over the world. The ZAPPY uses quiet, clean electric power and folds for easy carrying or storage

Two men were arrested on suspicion of storing about 60 stolen motorbikes. Get this: The police there found the bikes because there was a device that's normally used for locating missing senile people that was installed in one of the machines! The cops found a warehouse full of stolen bikes.

Investigators also traced and then seized another 28 stolen bikes that were inside a container for export to Hong Kong. The police said they think there's a large-scale organization behind the export of stolen motorcycles in Japan, and they're investigating