Two in a corner, one in a room, zero in a house, but one in a shelter. What is it?

Which is heavier: a ton of bricks or a ton of feathers?

I am a five-letter word under you,
Remove the first letter and I am above you,
Remove the second as well and I am around you.

Who am I?

What number when divided in half becomes zero?

I have a five and a three-gallon jar. Assuming there is an infinite supply of water, how can I measure one-gallon water?

What is the largest amount of money that you can possess in change and still if someone asks you for a dollar, you won't be able to give?

A man is found unconscious in front of a store at two in the morning. His head is bleeding and there’s a brick laying next to him. When the police arrive, they carry the man to jail. Why did they arrest him?

A thief is convicted in Mexico. He gets the death penalty. The judge allows him to say the last sentence to determine how the penalty will be carried out. If the thief lies, he will be hanged, if he speaks the truth he will be beheaded. The thief tells the last sentence and to everybody's surprise some minutes later he is set free because the judge cannot determine his penalty. What did the thief say?

Two batsman each on 94 runs. Seven runs needed to win in last 3 balls. Both make 100*. How?

I am taken from a mine and shut up in a wooden case, from which I am never released, and yet I am used by almost every person. What am I?