Posted: 3:29 PM Voters in a small northwest Iowa town have elected a dead man as mayor.

Posted: 10:19 AM An Ohio barber whose customers are cutting back on haircuts is trying to boost business by letting people trim prices to what they can afford.

Posted: 9:47 AM A California man was stunned to see what a previous owner of his minivan apparently left behind: $500,000 worth of cocaine jammed in the door panels.

Posted: 6:41 AM State police say a trailer holding more than 16 tons of seafood was stolen over the weekend from a central Pennsylvania truck stop.

Posted: 4:00 PM Police responded in force to a report of someone waving a gun in the back of a minivan near Chino, but the culprit turned out to be a child with a toy weapon.

Posted: 4:48 PM A poll worker in Ohio accused of biting a voter's nose during an Election Day argument has been charged with assault.

Posted: 11:44 AM A recent soundbite from New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo that's become a hit on Twittter is getting extra mileage as a ringtone.

Posted: 12:02 PM A set of twins from Madison, Wis., have big plans for Friday: They will be celebrating their 11th birthday on the 11th day of the 11th month of 2011.

Posted: 8:05 AM Police investigating an alarm at a Michigan restaurant used a thermal imaging device to find a fleeing suspect hiding in a pile of leaves.

Posted: 12:14 PM Police have caught a 6-foot-long alligator that was spotted roaming the property of a southern Michigan church.

Posted: 8:22 AM State police are investigating the disappearance of a miniature pony from a southwestern Pennsylvania farm.

Posted: 5:38 PM Sorry, E.T. lovers -- the White House says it has no evidence that extraterrestrials exist.

Posted: 5:31 PM A Canadian man who had just helped a motorist change a tire in western Wisconsin had his good deed quickly repaid when, just minutes later, that same motorist helped to save his life.

Posted: 9:10 AM It's a different kind of snake for this plumber.

Posted: 8:44 AM Santa's gotten an early gift.

Posted: 10:59 AM U.S. authorities say they are seizing a more than 400-year-old Italian painting that has been on display at a Florida museum.

Posted: 11:09 AM Seattle's masked crime-fighter Phoenix Jones has lost his day job.

Posted: 11:40 AM Barking dogs can lead to a hefty fine in Los Angeles.

Posted: 7:26 PM South Carolina officials say a 10-year-old trick-or-treater pulled a handgun on a woman who joked that she'd steal his Halloween candy.

Posted: 5:37 AM Lego man is going to stay in police custody for three months.

Posted: 5:36 AM Authorities in Tennessee say a 15-year-old boy posed as a police officer to steal people's credit card numbers, then racked up hundreds of dollars in charges for pizza and a house party.

Posted: 11:46 AM A Miami police officer is accused of driving 120 mph on a turnpike because he was late for his off-duty job working security at a school.

Posted: 8:26 AM Officials in the Florida Everglades have captured and killed a 16-foot-long Burmese python that had just eaten an adult deer.

Posted: 8:24 AM A stray beagle mix that cheated death in an Alabama dog pound's gas chamber is up for adoption in New Jersey.

Posted: 8:36 AM Colorado Springs police say a man's girlfriend unexpectedly came home just before another woman was due to visit, so he called police to report his new acquaintance as a burglar.