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A man waiting in line for the Twilight Zone Tower of Terror ride at Disney's California Adventure Park fell 25 to 30 feet Wednesday night, according to Anaheim police.

A French tourist survived a 75-foot fall off of the Grand Canyon Thursday. Witnesses say the 18-year-old man reportedly slipped Thursday afternoon while taking pictures near the rim. Park rangers received a report of a man falling over the edge of Mather Point, which is a short walk behind the South Rim's visitor center.

A man was hospitalized late Tuesday after losing his balance trying to catch a foul ball at a Texas Rangers game and falling 30 feet.

Police said a 30-year-old woman apparently fell out of a third-story window, landed on her parked car, and then walked into a neighbor's house, where she fell asleep on a couch for two hours. Lakemoor Police Chief Mike Marchese said family members believe the woman woke up before dawn Thursday and fell through the screen while opening a third-floor window.

An American porn-film actor, wanted by police for murder, falls to his death after a day-long stand-off with police.

Five men and one woman miraculously survived a terrifying plunge when their all-terrain vehicle plummeted over a Massachusetts cliff in total darkness -- sending some of them tumbling as far as 700 feet down into a ravine, the New York Post reported Tuesday.

A California dad dived into the frigid East River and rescued his 2-year-old daughter Saturday after she plunged 20 feet from a historic boat docked at the South Street Seaport.

Authorities say a 21-year-old man has plunged to his death in an apparent suicide jump off the Empire State Building during the evening rush hour.

U.S. mortgage applications fell last week despite the lowest loan rates in four months, the Mortgage Bankers Association said.

Police say a New York man running to the aid of another motorist fell to his death from a bridge, apparently because he didn't know there was a large gap between lanes.