Posted: 7:18 AM A former Maryland county executive serving a sentence for misconduct has made special requests for Cheerios, skim milk, bananas and orange juice.

Posted: 7:20 AM Former NBA star Adrian Dantley spent years guarding opponents on the court. Now he's guarding schoolchildren as they cross the street.

Posted: 8:19 AM Authorities in Louisiana say they tracked a man accused of stealing drugs from a pharmacy because he left behind a pickax he used to break in -- and forgot to remove the price tag.

Posted: 8:43 AM Cheers? Yes. Jeers? Not so much.

Posted: 8:42 AM An obese stray cat found wandering six months ago near Dallas has slimmed down to 34 pounds and been adopted by the veterinarian overseeing his care.

Posted: 9:37 AM It's like throwing money out the window, only backward.

Posted: 8:12 AM A South Carolina man has been charged with taking about $19,000 in Girl Scout cookies from a Spartanburg warehouse.

Posted: 7:39 AM A New York man says he didn't know it was a crime to laugh.

Posted: 7:20 AM Now this is a story all about how a high school student's life got turned upside down. But it was all just a bad rap.

Posted: 7:15 AM The mayor of a California city struggling with a spike in burglaries and other crimes is apologizing for promoting a class about how to pick locks in her newsletter.

Posted: 12:16 AM The government has finished presenting evidence to a jury hearing the case against a New York City police officer accused of conspiring to kidnap, kill and eat women.

Posted: 9:56 PM Most people who've done time in New York City jails can't wait to get away. On Friday, authorities accused one former inmate of sneaking back in.

Posted: 6:53 AM A brutal storm system that brought 19 inches of snow to some areas of West Texas has delivered something entirely different to one homeowner.

Posted: 8:58 AM A radio transmitter and then a feast of quail and mouse led to the capture of a California zoo's bald eagle after three days on the lam.

Posted: 8:41 AM A northern New York man has admitted he used a baseball bat to smash up a head shop after his son overdosed on bath salts sold at the store.

Posted: 7:17 AM A Maine man charged with disorderly conduct for his loud whistling in downtown Portland has reached a deal with the city -- he can whistle, but he can't linger in one spot.

Posted: 7:06 AM A homeless man's decision to return a woman's engagement ring after she accidentally dropped it in his cup is about to pay big dividends.

Posted: 8:22 AM Police in Massachusetts say a 10-year-old boy called 911 because he didn't want to go to bed.

Posted: 7:00 AM Facebook is apologizing for a problem that makes a 104-year-old Michigan woman lie about her age on the social media website.

Posted: 7:08 AM A shoeshine man has given a Pittsburgh children's hospital a total of more than $200,000 in tips he's collected over the last 30 years.

Posted: 7:12 AM A Texas woman has beaten long odds in delivering two sets of identical twin boys.

Posted: 7:09 AM Police in Pennsylvania say a student's report of a gunshot being fired was instead the sound of a newspaper hitting the sidewalk.

Updated: 6:17 AM With her escape-artist antics now caught on video, a horse in Michigan is being dubbed the "Houdini Horse" thanks to her knack for opening stall doors.

Posted: 4:54 AM The furry creatures are wreaking havoc on cars parked at Denver International Airport by eating spark plug cables and other wiring.

Posted: 7:25 AM Florida Sen. Marco Rubio's water break isn't the first time a carefully crafted political message has competed for attention with a momentary blip.