PUNXSUTAWNEY The world's most famous groundhog keeps trying to escape from his home, but he hasn't gotten far.

The animal who emerges to check for his shadow each year of Feb. 2 Groundhog Day is kept most of the year at the Punxsutawney Library, where he stays in a man-made den.

But library workers say the groundhog has gotten out of the structure three times in the past two weeks.

Somehow, the groundhog climbs into the library's ceiling and travels about 50 feet before dropping into some library offices. So far, Phil hasn't been hurt and has been returned to his den each time.

Still, workers are hoping to put a stop to the escapes before Phil isn't so fortunate.

EASTON An inmate at a Pennsylvania state prison is suing police over the injuries he got during his burglary arrest. Tan Van Tran says in court papers that he was mauled by a Wilson Borough police dog on March 22, 2008. The 39-year-old man says he was left with permanent injuries, causing him to drop things inadvertently. He maintains that police used excessive force and that the officers weren't trained adequately.Borough Solicitor Louis Minotti says the case had been forwarded to the borough's insurance company. Tran pleaded guilty to burglary and is serving 16 months to five years at a state prison.