Posted: 05/17/2013 - Authorities in Eastern Oregon say a fleeing man tried to use a backstroke to get across the Columbia River but, exhausted, said he couldn't swim and pleaded with officers to retrieve him. They did.
Posted: 05/17/2013 - A principal in southeast Nebraska spent part of the day on the school's roof to reward students for their good test scores.
Posted: 05/16/2013 - A chef in Connecticut is looking forward to the upcoming cicada invasion, and the chance to try out a few recipes for the insects.
Posted: 05/15/2013 - A large rainforest plant known as a corpse flower because of its awful smell is blooming again at an Ohio State University greenhouse, and there's more excitement because another corpse flower there is expected to open soon.
Updated: 05/14/2013 - Authorities in Kentucky have charged a man who officers say had an overnight feast in a closed supermarket outside Louisville.The manager of a ValuMarket says he found 57 empty whipped cream cans in the garbage when he arrived Monday morning.
Updated: 05/13/2013 - Large sheets of ice was ashore at a northern Minnesota Lake and threaten cabins and resorts during the fishing opener.
Posted: 05/10/2013 - A team of smokejumpers parachuting into a fire in the mountains of Southern Oregon landed in an illegal marijuana garden being prepared for growing season.
Posted: 05/09/2013 - Those scratch-and-sniff cards the energy company sends to customers to teach them to recognize the artificial smell added to natural gas? Turns out they work pretty well.
Posted: 05/08/2013 - An unwanted modern addition has flown into the arms of a Lady Justice statue that sits atop a county courthouse in north-central Ohio.
Posted: 05/07/2013 - A Northern California couple might be able to blame this one on the dog.
