MARATHON, Fla. (AP) - A chief in the Florida Keys is giving drivers something to cry happily about during the holiday season.    Monroe County Chief Lou Caputo doles..

ORANGE CITY, Fla. (AP) - Police say a central Florida woman nearly drowned when he husband held her face down in their dog's water bowl during an argument over frozen pizza. T..

NEW YORK (AP) - New York City authorities say they have taken down a violent street gang whose female factions went by names including "Bad Barbies."    Police Commi..

HUTCHINSON, Kan. (AP) - Mya Whittington has been a real angel during her stay this week at Hutchinson Regional Medical Center, said her mother, Emma.    Still, her y..

KEY WEST, Fla. (AP) - Two New York unicyclists have arrived in Key West after pedaling 106 miles along the Florida Keys Overseas Highway as a performance art project.   &..

PALM COAST, Fla. (AP) - A Florida man is charged with child neglect after allegedly leaving his 10-month-old baby in the care of his pit bull while he went to a bar.   &n..

EAST ST. LOUIS, Ill. (AP) - A former barge worker has admitted his role in a foiled plot to abduct, extort and electrocute a wealthy man in a scheme investigators say borrowed elem..

KOKOMO, Ind. (AP) - A coroner has determined that a body found hidden in a basement freezer in a central Indiana home is a man reported missing by his mother.    Kok..

BEIJING (AP) — The online version of China's Communist Party newspaper has hailed a report by The Onion naming North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un as the "Sexiest M..

SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. (AP) — Blood dripping from the back of an SUV led to the arrest of two Sacramento men accused of illegally shooting a deer, then stabbing..

JOHANNESBURG (AP) — South Africa's national broadcaster rejected an advertisement featuring a cartoon version of President Jacob Zuma enjoying a bargain fast-food..

CLEVELAND (AP) — An Ohio woman dubbed the "cleaning fairy" after she broke into a home, cleaned it and left a $75 bill has been put on probation for one year. ..

MIAMI (AP) - A Florida man choked to death after downing dozens of live roaches to win a contest earlier this year in which the grand prize was a python, according to an autopsy re..

VIENNA (AP) — An early seasonal delivery went badly wrong in Austria when a truck was involved in a crash and dumped 14 tons of Christmas trees in a resident's ga..

HELENA, Mont. (AP) — A phone book company has settled a lawsuit over its placement of a Montana restaurant in the "Animal Carcass Removal" section of its yellow p..

HELENA, Mont. (AP) - A phone book company has settled a lawsuit filed by a Montana barbecue restaurant that was listed in a section of the yellow pages for "Animal Carcass Removal...

SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (AP) - Police say a Massachusetts man left his girlfriend's 2-year-old son in a car while he went shopping for Black Friday bargains, then went home with his new..

BRIDGEPORT, Conn. (AP) — A Connecticut real estate agent has been charged with stealing a competitor's for sale signs from the front lawns of area homes. ..

ELMIRA, N.Y. (AP) — A postcard mailed nearly 70 years ago has finally arrived at the former upstate New York home of the couple who sent it. The po..

STOCKHOLM (AP) — A hatch on a Swedish church tower inadvertently left open for some three decades resulted in 2 tons of pigeon droppings amassing in the tower. ..