BILLINGS (Montana) - A COLORADO man used a chain saw to fight off an apparently starving mountain lion that attacked him during a camping trip in northwestern Wyoming with his wife and two toddlers.

Dustin Britton, a 32-year-old mechanic and ex-Marine from Windsor, Colorado, said he was alone cutting firewood about 30 meters from his campsite in the Shoshone National Forest when he saw the 45-kilogram lion staring at him from some bushes.

WASHINGTON - A KEY US congressional committee on Friday approved healthcare legislation that includes a hefty tax on the rich but critics pointed to fresh warnings that President Barack Obama's health reform plan would do little to rein in skyrocketing spending.

PITTSBURGH - A 17-YEAR-OLD boy from suburban Pittsburgh - who police say tried to kill his sleeping family last fall by placing homemade chlorine bombs in their beds - will be tried in juvenile court.

The bombs did not go off and no one was hurt.